I dropped out of a degree I was doing - 10 years ago - due to depression. About a year later I got a job in a shop. A couple of years down the line I managed to finish the degree I had had to drop out of. I hadn't 'recovered' completely but wanted to get on with things, so I signed up for another degree in another subject (since the first had become connected to so much anxiety). I had to drop put of this one too. This time I couldn't concentrate, was on a lot of meds and was not managing to accomplish anything. As a result I got depressed again. It took about a year to pull myself partly back together (with help from an excellent T) and my meds were reduced to just two. Now I am back to working part time in a shop again.

I am 31 and still living at home which is not a happy place to be (my mom has NPD). If I could get real work I could become independent and move out. But, any stress at all and I seem to fall apart.

Has anyone else had their entire life swallowed up by anxiety and depression in this way?