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is it normal to turn 18 right before senior year starts and grad at 18 turning 19 in few months? i feel like i’m not w ppl my age and should be w year above but then id be super young

Hi everyone! I'm looking for career / life advice because I'm trying to figure out a realistic plan for my future.

For some context, I'll be getting kicked out when I turn 18 next year, so I need to choose a career that can support me. Unfortunately I have some physical disabilities , bipolar disorder, and a chronic eating disorder. I'm trying my best, but there may be times I need treatment or hospitalization, which eats into funds and makes me worried about choosing something my body can realistically handle.

Right now I work at a grocery store, do nannying, pick up anything i can for income into my savings. For the future, I know that I don't want a corporate job. But I would like something more flexible/hands on that’s also fairly AI-resistant with good earning potential.

Some fields I've thought about are nursing, public health, cosmetology (especially hair), childcare, and working in women's sports. I like helping people and working with mainly women if possible, but I'm nervous these careers either won't work with my health or won't pay enough. And i’m scared I won’t be smart enough to pursue them.

Does anyone have advice on these paths or other careers/majors that might be a good fit? I'd especially love to hear from anyone who's balanced a career with chronic health conditions. Thank you!

Hi everyone! I'm looking for career / life advice because I'm trying to figure out a realistic plan for my future.

For some context, I'll be getting kicked out when I turn 18 next year, so I need to choose a career that can support me. Unfortunately I have some physical disabilities , bipolar disorder, and a chronic eating disorder. I'm trying my best, but there may be times I need treatment or hospitalization, which eats into funds and makes me worried about choosing something my body can realistically handle.

Right now I work at a grocery store, do nannying, pick up anything i can for income into my savings. For the future, I know that I don't want a corporate job. But I would like something more flexible/hands on that’s also fairly AI-resistant with good earning potential.

Some fields I've thought about are nursing, public health, cosmetology (especially hair), childcare, and working in women's sports. I like helping people and working with mainly women if possible, but I'm nervous these careers either won't work with my health or won't pay enough. And i’m scared I won’t be smart enough to pursue them.

Does anyone have advice on these paths or other careers/majors that might be a good fit? I'd especially love to hear from anyone who's balanced a career with chronic health conditions. Thank you!

Hi all. I’m very overwhelmed writing this but I really need help.

I’m currently 17 and still in high school. I have a small “buffer” year right now while I’m 17, but when I turn 18 and go into my senior year (I’m older because I missed the cutoff), I’m going to be getting kicked out. After that, I’ll be completely on my own.

I still plan to finish school and go into nursing through an ADN program at a community college near me. I think community college is mostly free or heavily covered where I live, so school itself might be doable. My long-term goal is to become a nurse practitioner, but right now I’m just trying to figure out the basics. Rent, food, transportation, medical costs (i have some health issues that require specific meds which adds up a lot). I’m really stressed.

My long-term goal is to become a nurse practitioner, and if not, probably cosmetology, something in sports or childcare. but right now I’m just trying to figure out how people actually survive while getting there with no family support. That being said, my plan so far is getting any job I can now, maybe CNA certification, then working part-time during ADN while hopefully living with roommates I can find online or something near campus… But I don’t know if this is actually realistic. I am so overwhelmed with how i’m going to survive financially, esp with the extra costs.

I’m also worried i won’t be smart enough to become a nurse.

Any jobs I should be applying to right now (currently just doing retail and fast food, it’s all i could fucking get) to set myself up, people i should contact, things i could do, or just any advice you can give please let me know. Thank you for your time.

Hi all. I’m very overwhelmed writing this but I really need help.

I’m currently 17 and still in high school. I have a small “buffer” year right now while I’m 17, but when I turn 18 and go into my senior year (I’m older because I missed the cutoff), I’m going to be getting kicked out. After that, I’ll be completely on my own.

I still plan to finish school and go into nursing through an ADN program at a community college near me. I think community college is mostly free or heavily covered where I live, so school itself might be doable. My long-term goal is to become a nurse practitioner, but right now I’m just trying to figure out the basics. Rent, food, transportation, medical costs (i have some health issues that require specific meds which adds up a lot). I’m really stressed.

My long-term goal is to become a nurse practitioner, and if not, probably cosmetology, something in sports or childcare. but right now I’m just trying to figure out how people actually survive while getting there with no family support. That being said, my plan so far is getting any job I can now, maybe CNA certification, then working part-time during ADN while hopefully living with roommates I can find online or something near campus… But I don’t know if this is actually realistic. I am so overwhelmed with how i’m going to survive financially, esp with the extra costs.

I’m also worried i won’t be smart enough to become a nurse.

Any jobs I should be applying to right now (currently just doing retail and fast food, it’s all i could fucking get) to set myself up, people i should contact, things i could do, or just any advice you can give please let me know. Thank you for your time.

Hi all. I’m very overwhelmed writing this but I really need help.

I’m currently 17 and still in high school. I have a small “buffer” year right now while I’m 17, but when I turn 18 and go into my senior year (I’m older because I missed the cutoff), I’m going to be getting kicked out. After that, I’ll be completely on my own.

I still plan to finish school and go into nursing through an ADN program at a community college near me. I think community college is mostly free or heavily covered where I live, so school itself might be doable. My long-term goal is to become a nurse practitioner, but right now I’m just trying to figure out the basics. Rent, food, transportation, medical costs (i have some health issues that require specific meds which adds up a lot). I’m really stressed.

My long-term goal is to become a nurse practitioner, and if not, probably cosmetology, something in sports or childcare. but right now I’m just trying to figure out how people actually survive while getting there with no family support. That being said, my plan so far is getting any job I can now, maybe CNA certification, then working part-time during ADN while hopefully living with roommates I can find online or something near campus… But I don’t know if this is actually realistic. I am so overwhelmed with how i’m going to survive financially, esp with the extra costs.

I’m also worried i won’t be smart enough to become a nurse.

Any jobs I should be applying to right now (currently just doing retail and fast food, it’s all i could fucking get) to set myself up, people i should contact, things i could do, or just any advice you can give please let me know. Thank you for your time.

hey yall, wondering the best tips for anti aging.

as of late, i’ve been trying to wear sunscreen everyday consistently, use simple products like cerave daily and this tallow honey cream, ordinary products like glycolic acid for exfoliation, hyaluronic acid, and Niacinamide. been trying the good molecules super peptide and use hydro boost gel cream occasionally. i also throw in some retinol and currently have a tretinoin prescription for acne issues (it sucks, have had acne my whole life). i’ve heard Azelaic acid and amalactin cream is good. i try to drink water and have a decent diet and exercise. limit time in the sun (i do go for walks a lot) so not completely avoidable but try my best to wear cream and use hats/sunglasses. i’m considering getting some gloves for driving as i commute a good amount to work.

(as a side note- i wanted to mention that i deal with some chronic issues/physical conditions that can affect my body. this can make it harder to achieve my goals, as nutrition is diffficult, dif medications and treatments can be harsh. i go through periods of being underweight as well and deal with irregular periods and bone issues, which is a big sucker knowing how it affects us women and how well skincare works. if anyone has advice on this, knowing it’s likely not medical advice, i’m all ears. i just try my absolute best to control what i can and hopefully offset the damage from the things i can’t (like skincare, staying cali sober, sun protection, sleep hygiene, mindfulness, and being a overall good person as much i can!)

im currently trying to prevent and treat my skin and keep it a glowy/dewy look with minimal fine lines, wrinkles, sun spots, or leathery texture. as “youth” like as i can (not in a weird way, just couldn’t think of another way to visually describe it). any tips or recommendations are very appreciated! thank you for your time and have a wonderful day!

hey yall, wondering the best tips for anti aging.

as of late, i’ve been trying to wear sunscreen everyday consistently, use simple products like cerave daily and this tallow honey cream, ordinary products like glycolic acid for exfoliation, hyaluronic acid, and Niacinamide. been trying the good molecules super peptide and use hydro boost gel cream occasionally. i also throw in some retinol and currently have a tretinoin prescription for acne issues (it sucks, have had acne my whole life). i’ve heard Azelaic acid and amalactin cream is good. i try to drink water and have a decent diet and exercise. limit time in the sun (i do go for walks a lot) so not completely avoidable but try my best to wear cream and use hats/sunglasses. i’m considering getting some gloves for driving as i commute a good amount to work.

(as a side note- i wanted to mention that i deal with some chronic issues/physical conditions that can affect my body. this can make it harder to achieve my goals, as nutrition is diffficult, dif medications and treatments can be harsh. i go through periods of being underweight as well and deal with irregular periods and bone issues, which is a big sucker knowing how it affects us women and how well skincare works. if anyone has advice on this, knowing it’s likely not medical advice, i’m all ears. i just try my absolute best to control what i can and hopefully offset the damage from the things i can’t (like skincare, staying cali sober, sun protection, sleep hygiene, mindfulness, and being a overall good person as much i can!)

im currently trying to prevent and treat my skin and keep it a glowy/dewy look with minimal fine lines, wrinkles, sun spots, or leathery texture. as “youth” like as i can (not in a weird way, just couldn’t think of another way to visually describe it). any tips or recommendations are very appreciated! thank you for your time and have a wonderful day!

hello eveyone. I want to go into nursing, but i have a few questions :) first off, i do have some physical disabilities which are hard for me to sustain 12 hour physical shifts forever, is it possible to finf another specialty that is a bit less harsh emotionally and physically? (i have mental illness and some history of substance use, but i am sober and in recovery!) i want to be independent climb the ranks and be able to make good money eventually, but unsure of how to get there. nurse practitioner? switching to PA? any good specialities u think would fit me (i love working with kids and would love working in sports med for college athletes or pro women atheltes and women’s health!) or if i should entirely find a new career? ive also thought about athletic trainer, school nursing, or sports management!

hello to all the beautiful nurses out there! I want to go into nursing, but i have a few questions :) first off, i do have some physical disabilities which are hard for me to sustain 12 hour physical shifts forever, is it possible to finf another specialty that is a bit less harsh emotionally and physically? (i have mental illness and some history of substance use, but i am sober and in recovery!) i want nothing more than to be independent climb the ranks and be able to make really good money eventually, but unsure of how to get there. nurse practitioner? switching to PA? any good specialities u think would fit me (i love working with kids and would love working in sports med for college athletes or pro women atheltes and women’s health!) or if i should entirely find a new career

is it embarrassing to be 19 yrs old in highschool? i’m going into senior year and was born early and had issues and hard home life so it’s just the way the cards fell. working my ass off to keep my gpa up because i wanna get into a good college for nursing. sucks when i’ve been in treatment goe summer and getting sober sucks. plus having mental health issues and an eating disorder is awful and i feel so embarresed to still be struggling. i’m not ready to be an adult but i need to be mature and woman up. i just hate the labels, if i could never be called an adult and just be a person i would have much less anxiety than everyone saying ur an adult and grown ass woman. i just hate it, i feel like i can’t be myself. i’m so scared and so worried and so disappointed in myself. i’m trying to get a good job to get at least 50k a year so i can be on my own. i want nothing more but to be what society expects of me, but i hate it. everyone says its downhill from here, how do i be myself and still evolve and grow when its shamed because i’m not 15 anymore? i wanna dress how i wanna dress, my crop tops and cute jeans, sweat pants and sometimes more masc. find a girl i love and not turn into an adult person. i just wanna be maddie. entering my twenties is scary, because in my head i’m basically thirty now. and the internet is no help, because apparently 21 is old and crypt and 24 is basically 30 years old. i don’t really want kids, but i want a westie and a gecko. i wanna dye my hair again, and get a tattoo for my brother i lost as a kid. fuck fuck… am i annoying ass bitch for this? i also can’t stop spiraling over that it’s my first christmas as an adult and stuff (my area 19 is majority age) but even 18 felt like a death sentence. i’m so upset and sad and annoyed.

i also want to be stable and have a good career. keep in mind i do have mental illness and some physical limitations, just what is as born with. so even though nursing is where i think i wanna go, i’m scared my learning disabilities will hold me back and the 12 hour shifts will destroy my body. i hopefully wanna take it and work in women’s health or in women’s sports (big wnba and pwhl fan !!) but fuck does it ever get better? is being an adult really that bad and do i still deserve support? what happens if i need treatment in college or post grad. i just hate the word “adult” in whole.

i wish i could just be me.

hey everyone. im having to move out and worried about finances and my life. I’m currently making abt 20-30 an hour , so around 40-50k a year gross depending on how much my mental health and body allows me to work overtime (i have mental illness and chronic conditions). I really would like to own a car (i’m thinking like a camry or honda) and my own apartment or anywhere to stay as soon as possible so i’m not living off a friend when i can stay over. i’m so stressed and scared i don’t deserve help. while eveyone tells me i need to fogurenit out while i’m only in late teens early 20s age range. fuck. what can i afford right now and how can i get medical and mental health services because i am absolutely drowning and in a relapse.

hey everyone. im having to move out and worried about finances and my life. I’m currently making abt 20-30 an hour , so around 40-50k a year gross depending on how much my mental health and body allows me to work overtime (i have mental illness and chronic conditions). I really would like to own a car (i’m thinking like a camry or honda) and my own apartment or anywhere to stay as soon as possible so i’m not living off a friend when i can stay over. i’m so stressed and scared i don’t deserve help. while eveyone tells me i need to fogurenit out while i’m only in late teens early 20s age range. fuck. what can i afford right now and how can i get medical and mental health services because i am absolutely drowning and in a relapse.

hey everyone. i’m currently in highschool and want to get my shit together. i feel like i’m falling into adulthood at full speed, i’m turning 18 in a month and going into senior year. I feel blessed to have made it this far, with a rough childhood. But i’ve been having incredible anxiety. I feel like i have to change who i am, how i act, how i dress, just because of an age. I want nothing more but to be independent and a mature stable adult. I started having panic attacks about adulthood starting at age 16, feeling like it would change who I am at my core. When in reality, I’ve just begun to accept myself and who I am, broken out of my wheel, talking to new people, strangers, laughing. But am scarred by those on tiktok who say you’ll be expired by 18-20, and not young when your 24. Or how it is demonized of women aging, something to fear and run from. ”Young and turnt” only lasts till 16, 17 you better wrap it up because you’re an adult now. Or that I feel predatory being in classes with kids 14 while i’m 18 in the year turning 19 still in highschool living with my mom in my hometown. I have goals I have ambitions, I have ideas of careera… sports, nursing, or women’s health. All I want it to stack cash and be blesssed, but apparently I can’t go to the club by 25. I’ve only been able to enter since 21? The term being in your twenties or thirties makes me recoil, I hate labels. I hate how society makes me feel, I hate that I fear being perceived, Or that I won’t deserve or receive help when i’m no longer a mentally i’ll teenager, a struggling adult who can’t get it together. Scars line my arms and the ghost of my past forever. Relapsing in my eating disorder could land me in the hospital again, except this time it feels embatreeing, how are you a grown woman, still afraid of food? I wanna dress in a crop top and baggy shorts, marry the woman I love, i pray for that girl i hope i meet playing basketball or hockey, fuck if i’ll say it, i like girls (i’m a girl). When can i not care, why do i fear adulthood when i’m still me just a few years older? am i still allowed to make tiktoks? spend time on the lake getting a few red bulls to the face, or show up at the er and say ”hey, i’m really not doing okay.” and not be bashed for it.

(tw) is suicide selfish and does it condem you to lower realms or punishment in the afterlife (ie, no peace, connection with loved ones, deities, etc) and is wishing for death negative energy or karma? like how in christianity some say you go straight to hell or buddhism you get low rebirth and extremely harsh punishment? just wondering how this topic plays out in differnt belief systems/practices (christianity, paganism, general spirituality) i personally don’t understand why it would be a bad thing unlike someone dying from physical illnesses, why punish a suffering mind?

tw) is suicide selfish and does it condem you to lower realms or punishment in the afterlife (ie, no peace, connection with loved ones, deities, etc) and is wishing for death negative energy or karma? like how in christianity some say you go straight to hell or buddhism you get low rebirth and extremely harsh punishment? just wondering how this topic plays out in differnt belief systems/practices (christianity, paganism, general spirituality) but was wondering for paganism specifically :)

tw) is suicide selfish and does it condem you to lower realms or punishment in the afterlife (ie, no peace, connection with loved ones, deities, etc) and is wishing for death negative energy or karma? like how in christianity some say you go straight to hell or buddhism you get low rebirth and extremely harsh punishment? just wondering how this topic plays out in differnt belief systems/practices (christianity, paganism, general spirituality)

do u see 17 yr olds as teens or adults? bc they’re like close to ”legal” but it’s still just 18 and most are in hs, how should a 17 yr old act and be doing and can they still say their firmly 17 even if its the year they’re turning 18 but they’ve only been 17 for 6 months? how should they be treated

do those who commit end up rebirthed into terrible circumstances? i just lost my friend and i’m so scared please let her be at peace, how do i help her mom out too? if anyone has been in this situation (deeply sorry for your loss). has anyone ever gotten signs that their loved one is okay? or have info on why they wouldn’t be “punished” or sent to a h*ll/bad state?

does becoming an adult mean you aren’t allowed to get support anymore or use coping skills u did as a younger teen? do people treat you badly because you still have an eating disorder and struggle with bad ocd anxiety and self h*rm and ur like 23? i’m scared shitless i’ll lose my support system and people will stop caring about me and i won’t be allowed to struggle or cry in front of anyone or use my fidgets/stuffed animals. or dress how i want to (comfy, crop tops, kinda like teens do, not like a grandma) and still be able to get treatment if i need it while still making enough money to support myself i don’t wanna be a failure and stuck at my mom‘s, but how will i survive with many issues and expensive providers and medications and slip ups that turn into 10k visits to the er and a inpatient admission. i’m scared i won’t be treated the same and will be tyreayed the exact same as someone who’s 40 when i’m in the 18-25 bracket. someone please help me, this consumes me and fuels my already bad mental state that I can’t do this. because i’ll be expected to “figure it out and be a grown up” and everyone calling me unc and old and why do you have this issue and it’s embarrassing to still be doing this at your BIG ANCIENT AGE.