Study maps psychological pathways from quarter-life crisis to suicidal thoughts

In the uncertain passage between youth and adulthood, a quarter-life crisis can become more than restlessness — for some, it becomes a corridor toward suicidal thought. A study of 563 young adults in Turkey has mapped the psychological terrain of that corridor, identifying entrapment, hopelessness, and depression as the forces that deepen the danger, while social support and resilience serve as the forces that hold it at bay. The research reminds us that crisis alone rarely breaks a person; it is the conditions surrounding the crisis — the presence or absence of hope, connection, and inner res