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I'm 25 and I Don't Know!

Anxiety, depression, healing, and getting back to sunshine.

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Jenna O'Brien
Jul 25, 2023
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On the day before my birthday, I cried. I cry often, so this was not special. I sat on a bench in our dining room eating cinnamon chips when tears started to roll and Connor found me. He asked what was wrong, and I exclaimed, “I’m 25 and I don’t know!”

It may be a little quarter-life crisis, or just the sentimentality catching up with me surrounding cake…

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