mid-twenties breakdown - a period of mental collapse occuring in one's twenties, often caused by an inability… — Douglas Coupland

mid-twenties breakdown - a period of mental collapse occuring in one's twenties, often caused by an inability to function outside of school or structured environments coupled with a realization of one's essential aloneness in the world. Often marks induction into the ritual of pharmaceutical usage. (page 27)

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