Hey,
So I graduated in December and have been back home since September. Coming back home has made my mental health even worse- suffer from PTSD and severe depression. I have no friends here anymore due to everyone moving on to live their life. I’m living in a town which has little opportunity to make friends. I tried to network, make friends but nothing ever sticks. I also don’t have enough money to do things and I don’t have family support. My family don’t believe in celebrating things so we did nothing for my birthday and graduation.
I did a very intensive 4 year PA program (2020-2024) which had good career prospects at the time but now it has gone downhill. As someone who comes from a low-income household and with poor mental health, I was looking for financial stability, because ik money has been the root of majority of my problems.
I don’t know what else to do. I use to be very active but everyday I wake up, I have these pain in my chest that my reality is a living nightmare. When I was younger, my hope was everything will get better once I finished my degree and I’m working. But no I’m back to square one again and even worse. At 22 yrs old I have to be home by 10pm everyday and only leave the house before 5 am.
Even if I were to have made friends and hangout, I would have to be back before 10pm.
I’m on the Crisis team now and they say I should go outside cause it’s a “lovely weather” I take the same walks everyday and I don’t even have enough money.
Also for Anyone thinking of doing the Physician associate MSC program, PLS Don’t do it. I have met so many who have started the course this year and I’m shocked when there are soo many ppl unemployed.