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Why burned-out adults pay to play like toddlers

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Seeking refuge from extreme career burnout, adults are paying heavily for regression therapy workshops where they strictly wear onesies, aggressively color with oversized crayons, and dramatically throw tantrums, entirely abandoning societal norms for a deeply uncomfortable communal recess.

Why burned-out adults pay to play like toddlers
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