I have just 6 O levels. No A levels. No degree. I first got admitted to psych hospital what should’ve been my A level term. I was expected to be the 1st of my family to go to university. There were parental expectations, especially my father, and there was the self awareness that I lacked the independent living skills to cope with university life. That battle in my head played a major part in my developing SMI.
Not having a degree definitely fuels a feeling of inferiority deep inside of me… I signed up for a group fairly recently because technically I could. Then I saw the membership list and knew I wasn’t good enough. That I was taking the **** by remaining a member. That I was an inferior ‘good for nothing’. I asked to be removed from the group.
I agree! I have a degree and I can’t even leave my house without my husband helping me. I don’t think I should be sorry for my degree. It doesn’t do me any good anyway