Why I hate my life.

[GhostHawk]

Okay. I'm 19, I dropped out of school at 15 because of bullying and pressure. Now I can't get a job in animation (which is what I want) without going to college. The nearest college to me is 35 miles away and I would have to pay money to get there, also I would have to spend around 10 years in college to get the qualifications I need, I don't want to wait 10 years to get a job that I like though. I am kinda depressed because our society states that to be successful you need to be rich and physically attractive, I am neither of those. I have a family who don't care about me, every time I have an idea of something I could do with my life they immediately shoot it down and tell me I'm stupid and that I'll never do anything with my life. I would happily move out but I've got nowhere else to go. So now I'm stuck in a dead end life that will probably, at some point, end with me taking my own life. Any suggestions on what I could do?

[BuryYourFlame]

I don't really know much about art industries but from what I understand if you have a decent portfolio then an education in that area doesn't matter as much. It would still definitely be desired, but if you put a lot of effort in and become a lot better than other applicants then I would assume you still have a fair chance.
I agree with the idea that becoming rich is seen as success in society, but there are a lot of rich people who are really not attractive :P You need to reassess and think about what you consider success to be rather than what society tells you it is. Don't give up on something because it seems a long way off, you don't know what will happen in the future. This applies to your animation and life in general.
In the mean time try to get a job (I'm assuming you don't have one because you haven't mentioned one) as well and work on saving up money for a while. Being more independent financially is very liberating and it will make it easier to move out in the future (there are other students looking to rent together and stuff, you just have to look around).

[Zteenagedude]

Maybe you can start your own animation. Start designing animations yourself and put them on YouTube or something. Then maybe someone will hire you without a degree. OR Be willing to help u out with college. If u choose so that please send me links to your animations I would love to see them!