Wow, thanks for posting about coursera geis! I've never heard of it before it seems pretty awesome! I should give a course or two a try. I'm also considering going back to school. This would help me to see if I can handle it.

I'm in a similar place as you lucami. I'm 25 as well (turning 26 soon) and am in a place where I am just stuck and just existing. I too feel bad when I realize how far my peers are compared to myself. I feel like a loser and I have to fight very hard not to give into that kind of thinking. I want to start school again as well though I think I want to go to a community college and work my way up the ladder. People older and wiser than myself remind me that I am still young and that it can take a while to figure out what I want to do. Heck, my grandmother (whom I greatly admire) didn't go to college until she was in her 30s. She finally got her Master's in her 40s. She did have life experience though. That's the one thing I am lacking. I have worked before but now I'm on disability. I worry about getting a job after this. But what can I do? I'm trying to volunteer and do things to stay active like joining a support group.

I worry about the cost as well. I don't want to just give up or worse have another breakdown and end up forced to leave. I guess nothing ventured nothing gained. It's a risk I just may have to take and I'll have to do the best I can.

I agree with geis. Families can be cruel. I know that I don't know you, but I can tell you that what they say doesn't define you. YOU define you. I definitely have had my family say some nasty things about me and it hasn't defined me.