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Long ago, I thought I knew everything, and was sure that if I lived to be 40, that surely would be so. From the other side of that number, I find that I know very little and that my knowledge is shrinking rapidly, when viewed in the context of our rapidly expanding total knowledge base.
Strangely, I find myself ok with that. Knowing that I don't know is somehow empowering, especially as to those ultimate unanswerables like what is the meaning of life. Things in business and my personal life have never been better, which tells me that my functional knowledge base is sufficient, even though in absolute terms I know virtually nothing.
What you call "symptoms" are insights. In my experience, most people seem to work through those feelings by living long enough.
Good luck. Know that you are very much not alone in having these thoughts.
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