[jesusplay]

Then 3 years later I'm back in my childhood home, a year later I'm still here. I hate depending on people, I've always been an independent person. Now I'm a hopeless burden.

What if you had to do it at middle age, so you have it better than me. Hang in there, because you still have a lot of time and life ahead of you.

[Beepee]

I am back at home and I 'm 54. Although I do help out my elderly mom. We both have bipolar .

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[Flummixed]

I'd look for ways you could help out around the house. Maybe you already do but I found that when I moved back in with my mother for a brief while something like doing the dishes and cutting the grass went a long way.

[steadyrecovery]

I empathize. I left home at 16 and had to return for a year when I was 30. It turned out to be one of the best things I've ever done. I was able to heal my relationship with my mother (a previously violent, recovered alcoholic). My mother and stepfather gave me the wonderful gift mental rest while I put my career and finances back in order.

[Skitz13]

Originally Posted by jesusplay

Then 3 years later I'm back in my childhood home, a year later I'm still here. I hate depending on people, I've always been an independent person. Now I'm a hopeless burden.

Well...maybe change your thinking a bit, if you are able to. It could be worse. You could be homeless and you obviously have the support of your parents.
I understand how you are feeling. I was fiercely independent 3 years ago. A fantastic job, a home, a car and good relationships.
I had a major break and have lost everything including relationships with some family and most friends I had to live on someones couch for 7 months, It became my hell.
I've been working really hard to get my life back on track and I'm a very impatient person but I've had to learn to go with the process and stop being so hard on myself. It takes a lot of time to recover.
It'll happen in it's own time.