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  Job-search depression, anxiety around choosing a major, impotent to comport yourself to keep poise between class times and work days – Is Career Anxiety a real thing ? Do these unceasing feelings of apprehension related to career goals, engender a reflex? It hits when you least expect it.  It hits on a crisp, gloomy winter morning – the day after your last midterm assessment – when you are all nestled up against the warm comforter, binge-watching Gilmore Girls . It hits during the summer break when you exert yourself to visit job fairs and update your resume. It hits during your grad week, when you are on a getaway trip to the beach, soaking in the warm sand under the sun. It hits on the day after your convocation, while your mind’s still floating in bliss. It’s brutal. It’s convoluted. It makes you employ yourself with spiraling thoughts – self-doubts, feelings of anger, and frustration. Career Anxiety is as real as the violets of April days – as real as it can ever be.   Do you g