Trying to find the next step

21M, queer in a religious/traditional household, just overall feeling lost. I want to stop studying but it's so hard to convince my parents. I want to find a job right now but looking at job hunts asking why am I qualified. I don't know? I can't even finish my art degree because I'm too busy wanting to die or just kill myself. I recently posted in a different subreddit asking for advice if I should just continue living despite not knowing where I fit in.

I can't even call it laziness anymore. I'm ruining my own life by not doing shit. I don't know what to do. I know I need to find a job when I do manage to convince my parents to let me take a gap year or what, but then again am I good enough? Can I really work or am I truly useless? Navigating depression is killing me inside, I've tried therapy/medication but it doesn't necessarily help.

Can anyone with a job (or an artist with a job that'll be really cool) tell me how to navigate things? I'm a low functioning depressed person with social anxiety so I'd really need some advice on how do I just.. put myself out there.

Posted Aug 8, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC

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