I am the first one in my family to go to college. I have completed 3 quarters of school, but I had to take last quarter off due to my physical and mental well being. At the end of each quarter I get so overwhelmed that I end up being involuntary hospitalized each time. Last quarter I almost killed myself. I was fired from work as a result of my mental illness. I have been unemployed and out of school for 3 months. I feel worthless. I am starting winter quarter in a couple of weeks, but I am worried that I will never amount to anything if I cannot handle the stress. I am behind my peers, because of mental illness. I feel like nobody understands what it is like to have these thoughts and feelings everyday. People think that I can just, "get over it," and it will magically disappear, but if that was true I wouldn't be this way. Does anyone else feel like a failure, because of not being able to go to school or work? Please reply. I feel so alone.