My world seems to be falling around me... I am sick all the time these days, either with terrible headaches or with stomach pains. I took a physical chemistry exam this morning, and I am 100% certain I failed it. This is not entirely my fault - the professor has not helped us to understand the material, the textbook is useless, and there are no tutors at my school or online resources that can help. I have studied alone, studied with people, tried to learn the concepts, but at the end of the day, I will be more than happy if I get a C- in the class. Forget about a passing grade for the exam. I am feeling extremely tired and depressed (this afternoon, I slept in the student center for about an hour, without actually realizing that I had fallen asleep). I will carry on with the semester, but no way will I continue onto next semester. I have a degree already from another college, I really feel I need to start my life somewhere else using that degree. My parents have tried to help me with all this, but frankly, I need to get out of this situation. I have thought and thought about it, and have asked lots of people for their opinions - my doctor, my therapist, my priest. They all say the same thing - this situation seems to be doing me more harm than good. I've emailed a relative in Colorado, who is willing to discuss job opportunities in the area with me. I am very sad and frightened in a sense, because I have been on this path for so long, and now, I have no idea what I will do next. However, I can't keep up like this. I am honestly trying to do what is in my best interest here, and that seems to be to leave at the end of the year for greener pastures. Please don't judge me too harshly - I usually don't believe in quitting, but I am really suffering here. And, as I said, I have a perfectly solid degree already, and there are alternatives. I would rather quit this than continue and have a nervous breakdown somewhere along the road (which is looking more and more probable). What I really want is to enjoy my life and to regain my independence... and I think that, the sooner I start doing that, the better off I'll be.