don't want to live but don't want to die... what's that called?

Teenager Therapy

Astrolescence & Joy Coalition

Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

what’s name of that feeling of being pessimistic about life and wanting to call it quits early but also not actually wanting to d*e? is it doom? cynicism? hopelessness? in this episode we talk about this unnamed but very strong emotion we’ve been feeling recently. this feeling is also intensified by the ICE raids and immigration issues currently going on in the country, and specifically Los Angeles. we talk about how these raids have been affecting us and our communities, the frustration we feel, and how we move forward. follow us: @grownkld @gaelaitor@_kaylasuarez join our social club: https://form.typeform.com/to/eBSho4lE overshare with us: grownkid.com About our Partners: GrownKid is made in partnership with Joy Coalition where purpose driven content meets powerful storytelling. From 13 reasons Why to unprisoned, Joy Coalition projects are made to bridge generations and drive groundbreaking conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi people. Welcome back to Grown Kid. I'm Kayo. And I'm Kayla. And we're back. It's summer because it's
0:08.6	June. Yeah. So that's summer for me. I think is it technically still spring? I'm not sure.
0:14.1	To me it feels like summer or not feels like summer, but I think the transition to summer has already
0:18.7	happened. Yes, it happens in June. May, spring, june may spring June summer exactly exactly we haven't recorded an episode in a while
0:25.7	once the last oh the last one was overshared like yeah it was like four weeks ago yeah it's been a while
0:32.0	we just been so busy and busy I was in Asia I was in Asia.
0:38.3	I was in Japan.
0:40.4	Like every 20-something.
0:42.3	Like every person that graduated was in Japan.
0:44.9	You go to USC2. What are the odds?
0:46.8	Literally.
0:47.4	Wait, what are you?
0:48.7	Yes, it was the Hub Spa and I was there.
0:52.4	But yeah, it was very fun. I went to Korea as well. And so I was there um but yeah it was very fun I went to Korea as well and so I was just
0:58.2	traveling back to back and then we went to New York so we went to New York yeah no we
1:03.5	last episode we skipped so so sorry for that we just weren't able to record in time because
1:10.5	it was kind of nonstop.
1:12.6	You know, we recorded our last episode. Kayla graduated. Kayla left. She was gone for two weeks.
1:17.6	We posted our episode. We came back. We had like things to do. It was my birthday too. My birthday was on June 9. Some of you actually message me like, oh, happy birthday. I was like, wow, how the fuck did you know that?
1:28.5	You're in the calendar.
1:29.4	Yeah, I was in the Google calendar, which I thought was really sweet.
1:32.4	So thank you to all who wish me a happy birthday.
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