Hi everyone,
I'd just like to say if you take the time read this post, I'm very appreciative of it.
I'm I8 and currently in my first year of university. I suffer from depression, anxiety and OCD. Before I entered university, I always had a very high stress levels and a low tolerance for pressure academically but there came a point in my life when studying actually became an escape from a few problems at home. I created many aspirations in my mind of wanting a successful career, going to a great university, and I achieved the goal. I do go to a very good university, studying the course I wanted to. However I'm the same person, with the same poor tolerance for pressure and stress, the same feelings of hopelessness and depression and nothing seems worthwhile to me any more. The motivations I created don't seem possible and I question how I can ever have a normal life and a good career with mental health disorders getting in the way of my every day functioning. Often, I think leaving university and finding something to do that makes me happy that I am good at would make me healthier, but what could that be? Even I don't know. So I ask some of you fellow depression suffers, does the circumstance you're in change who you are or do your circumstances follow you wherever you go? In simpler terms, would leaving university help my problem, or does my problem need to be resolved irrespective of where I am?

Lizi18