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female
age
30-35,
anonymous
writes:My friend seems to be going through some very strange life crisis at the age of 20!! I'm really worried because her actions, the things she doing and saying are really out of character...My friend was telling me how she's realised that our time at university is nearly over and this time next year we will be getting ready to leave and everyone will go their separate ways. Which i'll admit is a scary thought, but she was talking about how her life has passed her by so quick and that in 3 years from now she'll be 23 and could be engaged or should be thinking about marriage and kids and she's not ready for that. And in less than a year this stage of our life and being young will be over because then it all gets serious, she has really scared herself talking about the future and never being young again!She is right, but problem is she seems to have convinced herself that she's really old and that everything is getting serious and i mean she's only 20! But she's scared herself thinking about how we'll never be young again and the whole thing, that it's so bad she wont date anybody now in fear that they could be the person she marries, she has stopped eating which I think is from the stress of thinking about it and she drinks more on nights out now and her actions are really out of character.I don't know what to say or do? How is this possible for someone so young to think like this and have a breakdown... I just can't understand where this has come from and why she's so scared? I'm the same age and i'm not freaking out.. Any advice would be great!!
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reader, R1 +, writes (9 March 2013):
 This sounds like its more complicated than the fact she is getting older, it's most likely that there is more going on than you are aware of. You need to try and be there for her as best you can and point her in the direction of support such as counselling etc.
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