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Well, you really CAN'T just leave a job like that. And most people, whether we are in school or not, aren't in the position to just be able to do that. The world doesn't work like that. I know that's sort of a reality that sucks sometimes, but you have to learn how to manage your stress WITHOUT having to ditching your obligations to "get better". What if you have a child someday? Then it is going to get pretty damn hard to even just come home from work and be "off duty", even with a partner who does housework and child care with out. Theoretically you'd deal with other stuff before taking on the additional responsibility of that, but that's not really my point. I'm not attempting to criticize you here, I'm just trying to let you know.

I think if you have anxiety or depression issues that are so severe you need to ditch school (or any other obligation) for several days just to "get it together" then you REALLY need to talk to someone. And trust me, as someone who has had pretty serious anxiety problems in the past, I KNOW how hard it is to just push through, but you ARE right when you think it'll affect your jobs down the road. So go talk to someone. For now all I can say is that you just need to push through until it gets better, because obviously skipping out on life doesn't help if you are having to do it over and over. I think that the problem is that now you've let yourself get into this bad habit of just skipping out of life when it gets hard instead of finding a way to get through it on you own. Like I already said, I am NOT trying to criticize you, rather I am just trying to be honest with you. SO go talk to someone (counsellor, social worker, psychologist, spiritual leader, your choice) and STOP skipping out on life.