A Quick Story of Realization I remember early in my counseling career I was assisting a client through a break-up. While I was asking questions about the split, he smirked and said, "It's way harder breaking up these days. When you were in high school, it was easy." My first reaction was to wonder how old he thought I was, and my second thought was, "Breaking up was still brutal back then!" But I soon realized he was spot on after we further explored his thoughts: high school breakups in 2020 are much more difficult to navigate. When I had conflict with anybody, whether it was a friend, crush or significant other, I only had to awkwardly pass them in the hallway or make sure I chose a seat on the other side of the room. I didn't have to worry about blocking them on social media, and if they would find out that I blocked them, and--if they did find out--getting a "snap" or text from one of their friends almost instantaneously. I didn't have to worry about unfavorable texts, tweets Read more [...]