Mental Health Support

Staying alive and relatively ok is sometimes accomplishment enough for one day. I need to remember that too. I wish I had known when I was young that I could actually take a break from college then come back when I was doing better. I didn't know that was "allowed" and if I skipped a semester I was afraid I was a failure and my chance at an education was over. I ended up making poor decisions for myself career-wise because of this misunderstanding. I wanted to do what everyone expected me to do and though I got both my bachelor and master degrees; my life fell completely apart within two years afterward and I was despised by my family for that. So taking a break from school to try to achieve some mental healing couldn't have made them hate me any worse in the end.

Good luck in whatever happens with school. I have been going through a rough spot myself lately. If you have people who will be supportive, maybe it would help to talk to them; that has helped me not completely lose my mind this weekend. I hate these hell spots. I am starting to finally discover how much some human support can help.