The child is unable to find sources of meaning, hope, peace, strength and connection in life or when conflicts occur between their beliefs and what is happening in their life. It is a spiritual emergency and can have detrimental effect on physical and mental health.
It involves psychiatric complications related to existential crisis, mystical experience, near-death experiences, Kundalini syndrome, paranormal experiences, religious ecstasy, or other spiritual practices.
Signs and symptoms: Tearfulness or weeping or ask ‘why me’, withdrawal or lack of interest, restlessness, anger, sudden religious leanings or abandonment of previously held belief, disturbed sleep pattern with fear, feels guilty/deserving of punishment, decisional conflict
