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When your experience doesn't match what everyone says it should be

Everyone says high school is the best time of your life but I'm miserable and that makes me feel like something is wrong with me.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between promised experiences and lived reality creates self-doubt and isolation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adolescent identity formation?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.