Hi @Asparagus_Hedgehog,
I want to start by thanking you for this post, and for allowing yourself to share how you've been feeling it's very amazing to see that you've found this place where you feel comfortable 🙂
I wanted to commend you on your strength and bravery, from what I have read I can see that your well-being means so much to you and again I want to thank you and let you know that you should be so proud of yourself for taking this step.
After reading your post I can see that you are currently living life carrying the world upon your shoulders with the stress of your exam, parents and work. Carrying that much weight alone I can't imagine how hard that must be for you, and I'm wondering if you've been able to talk to someone about how you've been feeling either friends or family, or even a professional such as a GP or counsellor? It's important to not let yourself carry this weight alone, no human should ever.
I can see that you've been looking at other uni's and i wondering what you like about your current degree? are there things you enjoy about it, or things you find interesting?
I'm also wondering what you like to do in your free time? Self-care can be one of the most important things when experiencing stress, it's important that you take time to yourself to understand thoughts and feeling and doing little activities you love can really help your mind and your well-being.
ReachOut has some amazing articles on stress and understanding stress like How to deal with pressure from your parents, everything you need to know about stress, as well as this whole page on stress that you might find some other articles you find helpful.
I Also want you to know and I'm sure many other community members can agree that you should be so proud of how far you've come navigating uni and work life it's not an easy thing to do at all and you should be so proud of yourself. There can be time when it feels like the world is against you, it's important to remember how far you've already come and what you've accomplished 🙂
I wish you all the best, and hope to hear from you soon.
