Crisis is a negative change, a complicated, difficult and unstable situation during a process. In some cases it also refers to a situation of famine and/or shortage.
A crisis situation can refer to all areas such as, for example, economic crises of the economy, political crises of politics, existential crises of the human being, energy crises of the environment or social crises of society.
Economic crisis
An economic crisis is a negative period or situation of the economy in which there is a substantial worsening of economic variables.
Depending on the intensity and duration of an economic crisis, other terms such as slowdown, recession and depression are sometimes used.
An economic crisis can affect supply, demand or both. When an economic crisis with monetary and banking issues is known as a financial economic crisis or simply a financial crisis.
The concept of cyclical economic crisis derives from Marxist theories and refers to a cyclical period of the capitalist economic system.
Crisis of 1929
The Crisis of 1929 or The Great Depression is a period of great economic instability characterized by a deep economic recession that originated in the United States and had consequences internationally.
The consequences of the Crisis of 1929 reached productivity, consumption and trade, among others.
Political crisis
In a political crisis, the situation of a certain moment in a country can generate breaks and disorder in the political sphere that, in turn, will affect its citizens. A clear example of this situation is the crisis in Venezuela that broke out in 2017, where the shortage of food and medicine for the population is a reflection of this unstable situation.
missile crisis
The Missile Crisis is the name given to the conflict that occurred during the Cold War between Cuba, the Soviet Union and the United States. It is also called the October Crisis (in Cuba) and the Caribbean Crisis (in Russia).
It is usually situated during October 1962 around the existence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuban territory.
Seizure
In the area of health, a crisis is a relevant and sudden change in the course of an illness or in the state of health.
The concept of seizure refers to a discharge of a group of neurons located in the cerebral cortex. It is a symptom of a neurological disorder or dysfunction.
The causes of a seizure are varied and when two or more occur, they are usually considered epileptic seizures.
Existential crisis in psychology
In psychology, existential crises, or also called evolutionary crises by the psychoanalyst Erik Erikson (1902-1994), are those that all individuals go through in their lives and constitute an important part of evolution or personal growth.
Existential crises are framed within the Crisis Theory defined by the school of psychoanalysis. The psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), by establishing situations in which there is a relationship between physical manifestations with the emotional biography of the individual, opens the debate on the periods where he is more prone to formulating questions, doubts and problems about the human existence.
See also Existential crisis.
Types of crises
In psychology, two types of crises are distinguished: circumstantial crises and evolutionary crises.
Circumstantial crises are those that the individual faces due to unpredictable situations that are usually easier to overcome. Existential crises, on the other hand, are situations that each person expects to go through as part of their personal growth.
Existential crisis in philosophy
The movement or literary school of existentialism is based on the existential crises that all individuals go through to explore the problems and questions about human existence that arise in those moments. Its greatest exponents are Friedrich Nietzsche, in the field of philosophy and in literature, Fiódor Dostoevsky.
See also Existentialism.
Environmental crisis
An environmental crisis is a situation that seriously affects the environment. The water crisis, for example, is a type of environmental or environmental crisis. To this extent, some of the problems it generates is the scarcity of water and one of its solutions is the implementation of better infrastructure and promoting a culture of saving and caring for this vital asset.
See also Environmental crisis.