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The Dr. Laura Podcast

Doing Something Opposite of What You Thought You Would Be Doing

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.

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0:26.2

at Dr.ora.com. I wanted to do this quick. And this is a sad state for our young people in their

0:33.8

early 20s. This is a sad state. To me, this is an example of what's going on out there.

0:39.5

There's a hopelessness. I didn't have. When I was thinking of finishing college, it was very clear.

0:46.6

There were ten different directions I could go in. Whatever. Wasn't a world like it is today.

0:59.8

So she writes from Canada, like most viewers,

1:04.3

listening to your show has been a great source of wisdom. However, I do have a question.

1:13.8

Is it possible people are just not made for better things. This is a depressed young lady.

1:17.0

I don't even need to read on.

1:20.6

She's depressed.

1:23.6

I did forward this to Dan, the hopes that we could bring her on the air.

1:35.3

I'm 22 about to have finished my undergraduate degree and I feel hollow about my future and current situation. I'm becoming tired of school, despite being close and I feel interested in so many things that I fear I will miss out if I make a choice.

1:47.7

That is profound amount of anxiety, missing out, as though we can actually not have that feeling.

1:58.2

When we make choices, you always leave something behind.

2:02.9

That's a lot of anxiety.

2:12.6

I do not want to amount to nothing. But being stuck in between is causing time to pass faster than I can blink. What should I do?

2:18.7

Or should not do?

2:21.2

I wish for linearity and may be feeling less

2:23.6

behind

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