Genuinely have no hope for my future as a functional adult
I have been depressed all my life, but when I was younger I at least had some hope that things could be different as an adult. I used to picture myself as an adult working an average job and functioning like everyone else. Now that I'm 26, I feel worse than ever before.
I used to be a straight-A student, now I can't even get a job over $22/hr. I graduated with a bachelor's in Genomics and Molecular Genetics and I have no idea what to do with it. Recruiters are not impressed with my degree and they don't care that I had straight-a's in school or that I was a hard worker. All they care about is job experience, which I don't have because I couldn't get an internship/research position during my college years (COVID-19).
I was working a contract job that didn't turn into a full time position, and my contracted ended so now I'm unemployed. And I cannot move out of my parent's home because there is no affordable housing in the area.
I have tried to monetize my passions and interests, but I they didn't work out. Now I cannot see myself in a career and liking it.
I hate being at home, I hate working for pitiful wages, I hate that I can't do anything with my degree. I cannot see myself being successful in the future. The bills are piling up and taking all my savings, It's like I never even earned the money at all. I genuinely am so lost and I have no clue what to do.
If you can relate to this, I'm sorry.