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After passing out, I walked 73 miles across Spain to help my anxiety

Business Insider·Shirin Ahmadi·26 days ago
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Shirin Ahmadi smiling in front of Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the endpoint of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. Shirin Ahmadi After the 31-year-old author fell and sustained a concussion, it prompted her to reevaluate her life. So, she embarked on the Camino pilgrimage in Spain to overcome her anxiety and find a sense of peace. "Walking didn't fix me. It just made me finally stop running." Darkness. And then a slow ringing, swelling like the sound of a slowly approaching train. Then came the throbbing—above my ears, on my forehead, all over my thoroughly jostled head. Blood was pooled into a slick glob on the brown marble floor, like a Rorschach test with no answer. My nose throbbed, likely the source of the bleeding. I could barely see. I blinked, confused, hoping this was all just a horrific dream. Where the hell was I? What happened? I remember my clock lit up, showing it was 4 a.m., when I awoke and urgently needed to use the bathroom.…

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