How many of you suffered severe depression in college? I left a good paying (but stressful) career to pursue college. I’m in my early 30’s and have a child. Everyone in my family was very supportive of this at the time since my job as a firefighter had been taking a physical and mental toll on me for a number of years. Now that I’m a year into this, I’m finding that I’m having a lot of issues with depression. All of my savings are gone, my family is constantly reminding me that I’m in a bad position, my part time job at the hospital doesn’t have any hours for me and if I take a 9-5 job (or any other job really) I’ll lose a significant amount of parenting time with my son, none of my friends talk to me anymore, and I can feel my health declining. I feel like choosing to pursue a different career in my 30’s was the worst mistake I’ve ever made. I have this overwhelming feeling that my life is over, and I’ll never recover from this. I also feel embarrassed for my son. When he was born, my life was dialed. Had a good paying job, a house, etc. Now his dad is a poor college student who is struggling to get by. I feel like he deserves better than that. For those who went to college later in life and who had children, did you feel this way too? Is this normal?