I just dropped out for mental health reasons for the fourth time. There is no shame in doing what you need to do to stay healthy. Taking time off also gave me time to re-evaluate what I wanted to do with my life. I changed my major several times before I found my calling in nursing. You can always go back later, but there's also no shame in not finishing school if you decide it isn't for you. Plenty of successful people don't have college degrees. Not just Bill Gates and the like, but my best friends husband who makes bank as an elevator mechanic, people who work their way up the corporate ladder without a degree (my dad is in middle management at MasterCard and has mentioned quite a few very successful people in the company who don't have degrees), etc.

I personally highly value my own education and it felt like my world was crumbling each time I dropped out. I eventually came to find that I made the right decision for myself the first three times. I'm still processing the most recent time since I just dropped out this weekend, but I know from past experience that I made the right decision for me.

I'm not going to tell you whether you should or shouldn't drop out...that is your decision to make. This topic is deeply personal for me and I just wanted to share my thoughts and experiences. Good luck with everything.