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Bachelor Nation fans got to know and love Lexi Young on Season 28 of “The Bachelor” and Season 10 of “Bachelor in Paradise." 

Since her time on the shows, Lexi has been keeping fans updated with her life online and recently shared that she moved back to New York City, where she lived once before.

Now, Lexi is opening up and getting candid about some struggles she’s facing and why she’s been “living a lie” after moving back to NYC. 

In a new video posted on social media, she said, “Hi guys, get un-ready with me while I talk about why I’ve kind of been living a lie the last two months.” 

Lexi went on and shared, “I’ve recently relocated to New York City. I have not been posting and there are reasons. If I’m gonna do this, I need to be real with you guys and I feel like posting Stories or pictures of me going out, going to events, going to nice restaurants, while that’s fun, that is not the reality of my last few months.”

The Bachelor Nation star revealed that she’s been struggling with her mental health as she recently lost a close friendship and isn’t sure of her next steps.

“I’m struggling right now. My mental health has been in such a low place over the last couple of months,” she said candidly. “Since I’ve moved here, it’s been kind of a sh*t show. I’m in a sublease, which is great and I love the sublease, but I feel no level of permanence. That’s not the best feeling to have at the age of 32. It’s so different from when I lived here in my 20s. All of my friends are in very serious relationships, married, kids. Moving back has been kind of like, ‘Oh, everyone’s moved on and I’m still in the same spot,’ which I know I’m not. I still have my whole life in Atlanta, so I’m trying to figure out what am I doing?”

Lexi also shared that it’s been difficult to date and feels a pressure to meet someone even though she isn’t ready yet. 

She said, “I am not in a mental place to be going on a bunch of dates, I don’t even know how to navigate dating in New York. But then I have this guilt where I’m like I’m 32 years old, I probably should be going on dates. So it’s this guilt cycle where I’m not ready and I’m not healed and I feel like I still need time before I’m ready to be in a position to give myself to someone else again in that regard. But I’m also like a clock is ticking… I’m just navigating life and I wanna be more transparent with you guys because that’s the only way I can post content.”