I live in a very dead-end town where the only two careers in the job market are nursing or car sales. Everyone here is so set on getting married and having kids. I'm about to be 24 years old in two weeks and people are just BAFFLED that I haven't gotten married yet...nor do I have any real desire to. No kids, either. And that's completely fine with me.

I don't belong here. I'm suffocating in this trap of a town. The only thing this place has done for me is prescribe me my meds that really help with my erratic moods. And I've told my counselor repeatedly that I want OUT of this freaking place. All he does is question if I've been taking my meds. I have...but he doesn't believe me.

So my question for you guys, is wanting change REALLY so extreme that it's considered an act of mania? If not, when is it considered abnormal? And how do you get people to understand without immediately jumping on the "oh it's just your meds needing to be altered" bandwagon?