It's really hard and embarrassing to explain this to others, when they talk about how a 25 year old should be out of the house. Did your mental illness interfere with you being able to be independent or working?
I'm not going to stay like this forever before anyone lectures me. I am working on it. It's not going to happen overnight. I do know a lot of BDD, OCD , schizoprhernic and agoraphobia sufferers that still live with their parents and are too terrified to even step out of the house.
I'm on loans for school myself.
I didn't go to the dorms in school, because of the BDD and some social anxiety. It's good to come home in my private room and not have to obsess about physical appearance or what other people think about me.
Answer by freakin brilliant
I moed out... now im dead..or at least i think ppl tell me im not but i know i am...
Answer by laurarara
I'm only 19, but I spend half of the year away from home, at university.
I think being away from home helps me - my family are one of my problems - but if I had to think about paying the rent (rather than getting loans), I probably wouldn't be able to do it.
I'm bipolar, by the way.
Answer by violentfaygalette
I am 23 I still live with my parents but they make me pay rent now that I have a job, I have to pay 50 a month. But I do know what you mean its hard, I have borderline personality, bi-polar, and eating disorders. I have no problem sleeping outside of my parents house as long as I feel safe there. Maybe you should look in to getting Social Security Disability or Income. I just had court for mine and I will know in 2 months weather my judge approves me.
Answer by Kathryn R
I didn't have the same issues that you do but no my depression did not cause me to stay home. I needed to get out of my parents house so that I could raise my children with out interference from my parents about how I was doing it. My oldest child was born when I was 20 and the next one when I was 24. I had to learn to live with my children with out my parents. I can see why you would have issues though. You don't say if you're in treatment and on medications to help you deal with your issues. Maybe you should go back to school online instead of actually going to a building. When you finish your degree you'll have the added benefit of being able to say that you accomplished something. That should help with your self esteem. You need to do something concrete to show your self if no one else that you are able to do things to better your life. Once you start to do things that you can see and to look at it will make a big difference. Talk therapy is great but you need to do things besides that. Things that will show you that you can do things like a mature adult. Some time the hardest thing to do is to get started and not just talk about it. People who still live at home with their parents and don't really make an effort to move, on some level are afraid to grow up and use their illness as an excuse not to. I've been dealing with depression since I was 9 and I've been in the hospital for it. I know that mental illness can be hard to deal with, but not doing something concrete won't help you move on.
Answer by trishab352003
Eternal C never be embarrassed about ur mental state as this is something that you can't avoid and has happened through no fault of your own.Depression is a crippling illness which sneaks up on you when you least expect it. Your being very positive about this and your actually saying your working on getting better, which is a good thing.I suffer from depression and social phobia which can be very hard at times..this is due to a chronic illness. I'm seeing a counsellor and this helps me so much.Your staying with your mum and dad at 25 nothing wrong with that. Just take things slowly and you will get there.Good luck and all the best x
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