No, we never had that many people reading philosophy, trying to practice some kind of vision or another, asking questions and the like.
I think the current tendancy is a symptom of people being freer to ask themself questions and do something else than survive. So we hear about it more.
Anybody looking at the astonishing phenomenom called life will be stunned and desoriented. It's part of the deal. And with internet, we can now not only express that in mass, but we can share with each others the result of our soul searching.
I believe the current "crisis" is actually good news. People feel lost, not because they were not before, but because for once, they have the opportunity to look around.
That doesn't make it less painful though, and of course, anybody in that state pays for it. Growing as a specie has a price.