A Girl and Her Panic Years

A candid memoir about panic attacks, trauma and the confusion of your twenties. Olive Vee Summer searches for steadiness in love, friendship, her body and therapy. What if the life you dreamed of is the exact life you have... and you still feel lost? Welcome to the panic years. The years where you’re too young to have it all figured out, but somehow feel too old not to. The years where your friends are getting married, having babies, buying houses, moving abroad, changing careers, healing childhood wounds, partying until sunrise – or doing all of it at once. A Girl and Her Panic Years is a raw, honest, and sometimes painfully relatable journey through the chaos of your twenties – the panic attacks, heartbreak, body changes, friendship shifts, career crises, long-term love, social media pressure, therapy, healing, tequila-fuelled nights, and the exhausting search for who you’re supposed to become. With humour, vulnerability, and the kind of thoughts most people keep to themselves, Olive Vee Summer explores what happens when the distractions stop working and you’re finally forced to face yourself. For anyone who has ever felt behind, overwhelmed, confused, or caught between who they were and who they’re becoming: You’re not broken. You’re not failing. You’re just in your panic years.

What if the life you dreamed of is the exact life you have... and you still feel lost? Welcome to the panic years. The years where you’re too young to have it all figured out, but somehow feel too old not to. The years where your friends are getting married, having babies, buying houses, moving abroad, changing careers, healing childhood wounds, partying until sunrise – or doing all of it at once. A Girl and Her Panic Years is a raw, honest, and sometimes painfully relatable journey through the chaos of your twenties – the panic attacks, heartbreak, body changes, friendship shifts, career crises, long-term love, social media pressure, therapy, healing, tequila-fuelled nights, and the exhausting search for who you’re supposed to become. With humour, vulnerability, and the kind of thoughts most people keep to themselves, Olive Vee Summer explores what happens when the distractions stop working and you’re finally forced to face yourself. For anyone who has ever felt behind, overwhelmed, confused, or caught between who they were and who they’re becoming: You’re not broken. You’re not failing. You’re just in your panic years.