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Adult Child

Shitshow Saturday #205 - The Return of Sam B.

Adult Child

Andrea Ashley

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health

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πŸ—“οΈ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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SHITSHOW SATURDAY #118 - Sam B.

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0:00.0

All right, Sam.

0:15.2

I was going back through your interview.

0:17.9

I'll tell you what you were focused on at the time.

0:23.9

Okay? So you were getting comfortable with your emotions. You were learning how to be yourself around other people.

0:30.3

You were just trying to experience day-to-day life. You said, I don't think I have the appetite for any big lofty goals or visions

0:39.5

right now. Legos, yard work, cleaning your house, maybe trying a roller coaster. Did you go to

0:47.4

roller coaster? Yeah, that didn't happen. All right. I check it out. Letting your family be where they

0:53.0

are,

0:57.6

learning how to trust yourself over other people's advice.

0:59.4

So the vibe was I was,

1:00.4

I just hit my bottom.

1:01.8

I'm done chasing achievement. I'm learning to slow down and feel things and actually be myself with people.

1:05.7

And I want small good days.

1:08.5

I,

1:08.7

yeah,

1:09.0

that all,

1:09.9

I think I'm still that person, but very much just like a, if I was like a

1:16.0

child teenager version of that, I feel like I'm fully in adult working on that stuff now.

1:20.9

It's like, it's the same shit. It's going to be the same lessons for my entire life. I'm

1:24.9

always going to struggle with some of the same stuff, but it's about showing up and doing that every day.

1:30.9

Same shitty, different diddy?

1:32.8

Yeah.

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