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To this weekend of despair.
To introduce myself, I am a student at a T1 NLU in the fourth year, and have faced several setbacks in the past few months, which is nothing less of a horror movie. I had heavy ptsd from grieving a very close family member, which kinda explains it, but I think it has ruined my life forever.
Due to some debilitating news at home, I couldn't attend classes and was constantly at hospice etc. missing the 25% mark in attendance and being failed in all subjects. I will probably have to appear another term. I got on pills to attend the classes I could (70 percent in all of them).
Interned at 3 T1 firms due to top level grades previously, and didnt convert any of them even though I'd received great feedback at my work. I have no friends and an abusive household.
What does one do at such a moment in their life? Like I have no will to do anything honestly. And have the growing risk of failing loan payments due to unemployment. The economy is depressing as well.
However i have lost out on my rank due to the reasons provided above and can only predict my predicament in the placements next semester. I dont want to live honestly, its really depressing. Nothing is working out for me
I empathise with you. Your future seems dark and depressing I am sure. But there is a way out.
1. Accept your present situation. No amount of grieving or melancholy can change your present circumstance. You are where you are. Even fifth dimensional powers cannot alter your current state. You are at rock bottom. Where else can you go but up?
2. Once you have truly accepted your reality, you can work to change it.
3. Exercise and get some physical activity. Run / functional training / anything really. This is incredibly important. Your bio chemistry is key to unlocking your true potential and destroying the emotions you must be experiencing at present.
4. Eat nutritious food. Avoid junk.
5. Two weeks of exercise and following a good diet and you will feel much better. The darkness will dissipate to a degree and your future will seem brighter.
6. Focus on what time you have left in college and study hard. Socialise. Let your hair down. Do what constitutes fun for you. Always remember - having fun is extremely important. You must actively think on what to do for recreation. Ideas will not come to you automatically.
Keep your head up young man. While there are many law graduates, the vast majority of them are duffers. There is enormous space in the profession for hard working and passionate folk. Your story has not even begun yet. You must work hard, perhaps twice as hard as others because of your circumstance. I am confident that if you apply yourself, you will do well. You have my best wishes.