Teresa Reichl

Teresa Reichl is almost 30 and has achieved none of the goals she set herself at 16. No house, no husband, no kids. Instead: one friend and a three-legged tomcat. And a stage instead of a teaching career. How do you even know you've grown up when you make your living telling jokes? And how do you make your living telling jokes when you suddenly find yourself with depression?

Life is colourful when you build every milestone yourself, drive straight from a gig to therapy, and don't have to panic about accidentally getting pregnant.

Life is also wild when you're constantly moving between a small village and a big city, between roast pork and iced oat-milk lattes, between classic literature and TikTok trends.

And then university is suddenly over and you have to pick your insurance plans - even though it feels like you only just turned 18 yesterday. No wonder Teresa would rather nothing happened to her in private life at all - and yet she always has plenty to talk about.