Year off.

[CosmicNoodle]

My mental health has been somewhat...up and down...lately. Remember that, it comes into this later.

I'm failing in college, no nice way to put it, I'm a fuck up and I won't survive the next year without getting kicked out (on my course you can get kicked off for poor performance, or if you can't keep up) And I'm gonna be, it's inevitable, and I've come to terms with that, it suck's dick, but it's a fact. And, because of this, my anxiety and mood has been going fucking insane, and I'm getting to the point where I can feel myself starting to get sick again, I was never better, but I can feel myself start to get so sick it's getting dangerous for me.

So, my plan:
I want to drop out, no point going on anyway, and take a year off, focus on my mental health, get a part time job to stop myself getting too comfortable. And just working on improving myself, because I'm sure you can all agree I'm a dick. And once this year is up, starting fresh, forgetting my past as an engineering student and starting over, perhaps perusing what I love, IT or Computer Science, a course that doesn't punish you for not understanding immediately
(my current one constantly pushes, and if you stumble at any point you get kicked off, if you want me to explain it properly shoot me a PM)

What do you think? Is my plan sensible? Or is it total arse?

[SethfromMI]

no dude totally sensible. I am not in college yet but so many people go when they are not ready to go and end up wasting thousands because they stuck around.

if you know it is not a good time for you to be there and know you won't succeed (at least at the moment in your current state) save your money and take a break.

it will be there for you when you are ready to go back. no sense of making your life any more miserable and failing your courses.

your doing the smart thing. once you feel well enough though, def try to go back and continue

[CosmicNoodle]

no dude totally sensible. I am not in college yet but so many people go when they are not ready to go and end up wasting thousands because they stuck around.

if you know it is not a good time for you to be there and know you won't succeed (at least at the moment in your current state) save your money and take a break.

it will be there for you when you are ready to go back. no sense of making your life any more miserable and failing your courses.

your doing the smart thing. once you feel well enough though, def try to go back and continue

Thankfully education is free here in the UK (one of the few perks to living here I suppose). So it's no loss to me. But I honestly think I should take some time off, maybe commit myself for a while (ye, I'm at that point).

College will still be there in 12 months.

[SethfromMI]

Thankfully education is free here in the UK (one of the few perks to living here I suppose). So it's no loss to me. But I honestly think I should take some time off, maybe commit myself for a while (ye, I'm at that point).

College will still be there in 12 months.

Ah I forgot about that. well hey, even more reason to take time off to help yourself out. if you think you may need to commit yourself for a while, nothing wrong with that either man. do what you need to do to help get yourself better

[Horatio Nelson]

no dude totally sensible. I am not in college yet but so many people go when they are not ready to go and end up wasting thousands because they stuck around.

if you know it is not a good time for you to be there and know you won't succeed (at least at the moment in your current state) save your money and take a break.

it will be there for you when you are ready to go back. no sense of making your life any more miserable and failing your courses.

your doing the smart thing. once you feel well enough though, def try to go back and continue

Definitely agree.

Taking time off sounds like it will be good for you. :)

[Typhlosion]

This is actually really common here, people take an year off and go work/do stuff before going to uni/college. In your case it makes most sense.

At least here CS also shares quite a bit with engineering, so you won't be too far if you're trying to avoid that.

[James Dean]

There is nothing wrong with taking breaks or putting things on hold. This is your future and if you need some time to chill out and put yourself aside just to figure things out, then I support and believe you should do that. Your health should always come first. This includes your mental health. I would hate to see you have a break down or stress yourself out over your school work. Just take a break to better yourself and understand how you can move forward in your future. I suffer from social anxiety myself so I know the pain you have. It is just too much to deal sometimes.

Don't take this time for granted though. Again, just take a break and explore yourself some more. You can take some time to relax and calm yourself down, but really use it to educate yourself away from school and class. Know the type of person you are and get better from that. You'll be fine. :)