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When you start outgrowing your childhood friends

I am starting to outgrow my childhood friends as we have become very different people, but the guilt of wanting to move on from these relationships feels overwhelming.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Growth sometimes requires leaving people behind, and the grief of who you used to be gets tangled with the loss of who they still are.

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