{"id":4461,"date":"2014-07-31T15:09:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T23:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/?page_id=4461"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:07:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:07:10","slug":"signs-of-failure-to-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/failure-to-launch-syndrome\/signs-of-failure-to-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Failure to Launch Syndrome?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Failure to launch syndrome may very well be present in the vast majority of the 36 percent of young adults ages 18 to 31 who are still living with their parents, per the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/08\/01\/living-with-parents_n_3690069.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Huffington Post<\/em><\/a>. The 48 percent of 18-to-29-year-old individuals living with their parents in Europe proves that this is not strictly an American problem, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/datablog\/2014\/mar\/24\/young-adults-still-living-with-parents-europe-country-breakdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While there is no formal set of criteria for the diagnosis of failure to launch syndrome, the signs and symptoms of it are pretty cut and dry. Per <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dradamcox.com\/newsletter\/10march.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Adam Cox<\/a>, they include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An unclear life purpose<\/li>\n<li>Little to no ambition or concentration toward a career<\/li>\n<li>Procrastination toward the next step in life<\/li>\n<li>Unrealistic job expectations<\/li>\n<li>A lack of energy or motivation<\/li>\n<li>Seemingly not caring about money or seeing the benefits of earning it<\/li>\n<li>An inability to tolerate stress<\/li>\n<li>A preference toward being alone or regularly excluding oneself from social activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Beneath the Surface<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes other symptoms may be present as well that make the behavior of the delayed adult rather confusing. These symptoms are most often consequences of an underlying problem such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/addiction-recovery\/understanding-addiction-disease-overcoming-perceptions-support-loved-one-suffering-substance-use-disorder\/\">substance abuse or<\/a> post-traumatic stress disorder. While there are plenty of treatment centers that are qualified to treat these disorders, the majority are not skilled in treating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/failure-to-launch-syndrome\/eating-disorders-and-overcoming-failure-to-launch-syndrome\/\">failure to launch syndrome<\/a> too. It is vital that coexisting disorders \u2014 often referred to as comorbidity in the medical community \u2014 be treated simultaneously to render the best chance at treatment being effective.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/08\/22\/magazine\/22Adulthood-t.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a> reported that every year, 40 percent of 20-somethings in American moved back home with their parents at least one time. Young adults with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/failure-to-launch-syndrome\/npr-perspectives-child-i-ordered-failure-to-launch\/\">failure to launch syndrome aren\u2019t necessarily lazy<\/a> \u2014 they\u2019re lacking motivation, and there is a difference. Often, others will criticize these individuals, and when an underlying disorder such as depression or anxiety is present, criticism only fans the flames. Likewise, the highs and lows experienced with illnesses like bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder can exacerbate the <a title=\"Failure to Launch Syndrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/diagnoses\/failure-to-launch-syndrome\/\">symptoms of failure to launch syndrome.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For example, during a manic \u201chigh\u201d period, someone with failure to launch syndrome may suddenly get a boost of energy, be more motivated to live their life, or have a flood of thoughts, dreams, passions and ideas that they talk about. This isn\u2019t to say they\u2019ll do so responsibly, but they may abruptly appear to have snapped out of their otherwise unmotivated ways \u2014 until the low period and depression returns. Cyclic behavior like this often isn\u2019t recognized by others as an illness, but rather as a person who talks the talk but doesn\u2019t walk to the walk \u2014 someone who constantly sets high expectations and only serves to disappoint. The backlash from others can be quite disheartening for the adult with failure to launch syndrome and subsequently feeds any <a title=\"Depression and Anxiety Disorders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/diagnoses\/depression-and-anxiety-disorder-treatment\/\">ongoing depression or mental illness that is present<\/a>, causing it to worsen.<\/p>\n<h2>Accepting Help<\/h2>\n<p>If you suspect that you, your child, or someone you know may be <a title=\"How to Treat Failure to Launch Syndrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/diagnoses\/failure-to-launch-syndrome\/treat-failure-to-launch\/\">suffering from failure to launch syndrome, it is important to seek help<\/a> sooner rather than later. Most often, these situations do not remedy themselves. At Optimum Performance Institute, our treatment programs focus on treating the whole individual. If there is an overlapping disorder, we\u2019ll treat it at the same time in an attempt to successfully eradicate failure to launch syndrome from your life. Care for young adults is available on both an inpatient and outpatient basis. All you have to do is ask for help; we\u2019re waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Failure to launch syndrome may very well be present in the vast majority of the 36 percent of young adults ages 18 to 31 who are still living with their parents, per the Huffington Post. The 48 percent of 18-to-29-year-old individuals living with their parents in Europe proves that this is not strictly an American&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10054,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461\/revisions\/10054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumperformanceinstitute.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}