I think that to have a very very clear sense of purpose or direction in your early 20s is actually not totally common

And in some ways it might even be a little bit developmentally inappropriate right you're an an adult, but in your early 20s,

your brain is actually barely starting

to finish developing.

Hey everybody, before we start the show,

I want to make a couple disclaimers.

This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general and some of those could be sensitive for you.

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If you need to skip, that's okay, but, you know, feel free to give it a shot first.

I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist. This is not intended to be

direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. So with

those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. All right.

Hello friends of all varieties.

This is the hardcore self-help podcast episode

297. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. I make

mental health content for real people just like you and today I have a

question and answer episode with two really good questions sent in by listeners like you.

If you would like to send in a question for the show, please shoot me an email to duff the psych at gmail.com or use the contact page on my website duff the psych dot com and as always if you want to see if I've covered a topic before go

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podcast episodes blog posts anything else that I've written about that topic and if I've covered

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