Look, I get it. I'm sorry if I offended you somehow; I was trying to offer some hard-earned life lessons. I was working poor for a long time before I went back to school and got my degree. I've lived in places where there were mushrooms growing out of the bathroom floor and the only heat was a woodstove which I couldn't get going to save my life or space heaters that I had to put about 3 feet from my head in order to stay warm in the winter. I've had to do my own car repairs (clutch, radiator, brakes, oil changes). I once had to drive a car with the heater on when it was 95 degrees so it wouldn't overheat. Fun times. They've left me with money anxieties to this day. I'm not suggesting you go without therapy. I'm simply pointing out that these things happen frequently when you're renting. When they happened to me, I was never prepared for the extra expenses either. If I could go back and speak to my younger self, I would tell myself to save something. If I recall, you're in the same major I had or something similar. Look into campus jobs. I had a job in our classroom technology (Blackboard at the time) department doing small coding jobs. Later I got offered a position as an undergraduate teaching assistant helping out with the lower level classes. These things were doable while studying because, as a student, the hours were limited. I could not have continued to work an outside job with my major because of the workload. I tried. It wasn't happening, but these on-campus jobs were perfect and tied in with my coursework.