College age child with depression, anxiety and stress

[hunter]

3. My Bachelor's degree took nine years and I was "asked" to take "time away" twice.

As in "pull yourself together, Hunter, or don't come back."

I wouldn't have been allowed to return to school the last time without a professor advocating for me.

What I've learned in life is to create a support system for myself that will catch me whenever I run off the rails. My own mental illness is such that I never know when I'm off the rails.

I'm fairly fortunate. Modern meds and the support of family and friends have mostly worked so far.

If I collapse into anonymous homelessness at this point, past middle age, it's been a wild wonderful ride with many fine stories.