而立之年的焦虑

导读:很多30多岁的人总是感到这样或那样的焦虑，具体都有些什么呢？

When Liu Hui (pseudonym) made a wish in front of her birthday cake after a lovely dinner with her friends, she refused to blow out the candles. Seeing the candle light swaying, she found it hard to accept the fact that she was turning 30. A deep sense of anxiety arose in her heart and quickly overwhelmed her.

刘辉（化名）与朋友们吃过晚饭后，在她的生日蛋糕前许了一个愿望，但是她拒绝吹灭蜡烛。看着蜡烛的光线摇摆着，她感到很难接受自己已经30岁的事实，她的心底涌现出了深深的焦虑感，并迅速将她淹没。

"I can’t believe that I’m already 30. I still feel like a child. The mere thought of getting married and building a family, and whatever else a 30-year-old is supposed to do, make me feel upset and lost," she said.

“我不能相信我已经30岁了。我还是个孩子。只要想到结婚、建立一个家庭、以及任何一个30岁的人应该做的事情，我就感到既难过又迷茫，”她说。

Liu, who has been working in Beijing for four years after finishing her postgraduate education at a top university, seems to have it all: the decent job, excellent academic background, and an attractive face. However, she often feels uncertain about her future and the sense of anxiety got increasingly stronger as she approached 30.

顶尖大学研究生毕业后，刘已经在北京工作了四年，她似乎拥有了一切：体面的工作、优秀的学术背景和一个美丽的面孔。然而，随着年龄不断接近30岁，她经常对未来感到不确定，焦虑的感觉越来越强烈。

Her life mirrors that of many young Chinese in their 30s, especially if they live in first-tier cities. Still young, yet already on the way to middle age, China’s 30-somethings are facing a series of life decisions, such as marriage, starting a family, a long-term career path and so on, which makes them more likely to experience anxiety and stress than other age groups.

她的生活反映了很多30多岁年轻中国人的现状，特别是那些住在一线城市的人。他们依然年轻，但已在走向中年的路上，中国30多岁的人面临着一系列的生活决定，如婚姻、开始组建家庭、长期的职业生涯等，这些都使得他们比其他年龄段的人更可能经历焦虑和压力。

The pressures of real life, the fast development and change of modern society, and the general immaturity and lack of preparedness among many of China’s 30-somethings is a recipe for life-stress anxiety.

现实生活的压力、现代社会的快速发展变化、以及普遍的不成熟且缺乏准备都是中国很多30多岁的人产生生活压力焦虑的原因。