Permanent Retrograde

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Ghosted in Pakistan, She Chose Chaos. Pakistan Chose Her Back.

Ghosted in Pakistan, She Chose Chaos. Pakistan Chose Her Back.

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Feb 07, 2025
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When Onijah Robinson got ghosted by her boyfriend in Pakistan, she went full fight or flight, landing on fight. And in a twist nobody saw coming, an entire country decided to play along.

Yes, she might have a mental condition – but so do roughly 1 in 4 American women her age. The difference? While we're paying a therapist, she's manifesting McDonald's from the Pakistani government. When life handed her an expired visa, and a family literally evacuating their house to avoid her- she didn't break down. She broke through.

Want to know what happens when a woman's survival instincts go so feral they accidentally begin to create an empire? When getting ghosted turns into getting an entourage? When having a breakdown looks suspiciously like a manifesting?

For those just tuning in to this international saga:

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