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I know that things get worse before they get better because that’s what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.

Stephen Chbosky

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Better
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Things
Psychiatrist
Worse
Says
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