Gabriel Mizrahi

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Dear Gabe and Jordan, I'm a 28-year-old woman who's about to defend my PhD in the social sciences.

When I was younger, I was positive that I wanted to be in academia.

I'm really good at it.

I finished my BA at 19 years old and my MA at 21.

I still love what I do.

Wow, graduated college at 19.

So she either started super young or she took a bunch of classes and just finished early.

Impressive.

But in the last year, I felt so unsure of myself.

I got married very young, also at 21, and divorced at 25.

During that marriage, I got pregnant three times, but each time ended with a miscarriage.

I always wanted to be a mother, and now I've had to come to terms with the fact that if it ever happens for me, it's likely going to be a very expensive and draining process.

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was 22 after a manic episode.

Hmm.

Interesting.

Yeah, very curious.

If you feel like telling us, I'd love to hear about that.

So she goes on, and the pandemic was very rough on me.

I'm normally very extroverted, but I had just moved to a new place and had no social circle for the first two years.