Financial Depression is starting to ruin my life what can I do?

Don't compare yourself to others. Comparison is literally the death of joy.

I dropped out of college two times when I was young; once as a music major, second as an graphics arts major. I wasn't ready for a career, so became a musician for a few years. It gave me time to mature, and figure out life and what I wanted. During that time, I 'woke' up, kinda like you are doing now. I was a little bit younger, but only by two years when I entered college for the third time. Like they say, third time's a charm. I got an EE degree, graduated at age 29. I had a great 40 year career, and retired. Similar things happen to everybody, regardless of life issues. My niece went the distance out of HS and got a degree, but two years later, discovered it wasn't what she wanted to do in life and started over at age 32 for a nursing PhD. Took her until she was 40 to graduate, and now she is rockin' life.

No such thing as too late. Repeat that. No such thing as too late.

You can do this. You are young, and have the energy to excel. Don't define yourself by 'mental issues'; they are yesterday issues that happened when you were asleep. My advice is to put your past into in a mental toilet and flush it. Start today new; it IS a new day, and just take stock of where you are, make a plan, and tackle them step by step. We did; it was hard, it was painful, it was worth it.

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