I just started my 17th semester (9th year) of college (total, I took a year off between year 7 and 8) and I just can't take it anymore. I can't take the feeling of being useless and worthless (as in I can't have a full time decent paying job on top of a full time graduate degree) or the feelings of isolation and loneliness. I only have 3 more semesters after this semester, but I just can't take it anymore…high anxiety and panic attacks. I'm made to feel inferior to my peers who end up being my teachers sometimes and I (among others) have not received the funding we were promised from the school. But there's nothing we can do about it…

I really am passionate about the subject I'm in but I find college so demeaning and terrible. I rarely made friends in the past, but now I really don't know how. I'm almost always excluded socially because of food allergies or I'm not on Facebook, so there's only one person I can socialize with.

I'm in therapy, but that's only once a week…I have no way to cope with this hell I'm in. There's nothing to look forward to afterwards either because the job market is so bleak and I have no idea how to navigate it, so I'll probably end up doing a low paying job in another field. Or even worse…end up having to live with my parents my entire life. I can't take care of myself. I was never allowed to even learn how to.

Should I just drop out and throw away all that money spent on the current degree or continue to suffer now so I don't have to go back later and start over?

I should also say that most of my peers are employed by the university, but for some reason, I'm not good enough for that.