identity crisis

/aɪˌdɛntədi ˈkraɪsɪs/

Definitions of identity crisis

1. noun

   distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one's role in society
   type of:

   mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state

   (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic