If you need to vent this is a good thread for that

  • StemOpDeSossen [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    trapped in my childhood home after graduating college, which i'm not really happy about, parents are controlling and don't want me to leave "until covid is done", obviously i disagree but also can't find a job rn after going to a Good School and Trying Hard and i feel like a failure. it's not the worst it could be, but i'm not happy

    • 420clownpeen [they/them,any]
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      4 years ago

      Been there. Wish I had advice, but even if I'd truly risen past that part of my life, we live during a uniquely insane period of history. Just have sympathy. Don't be too hard on yourself; the whole standard of "go to a good college, get a job, strike it out on your own, and create a life for yourself" shit hardly applies to anyone anymore, if it ever did. You're not a failure; make life work however you can and try to separate out other people's idealized visions of what a worthwhile life is supposed to be.

    • SterlingPooper [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      I'm in a similar situation, just graduated and I'm back home with no job prospects. I've gone back and forth feeling like a failure too. Just try and remember that we got dicked by circumstance, and that does not reflect your value

    • 666PeaceKeepaGirl [any, she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Fuck this is me exactly now except without the controlling parents. Everything just feels so stuck rn. Best of luck comrade