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Hello all! Thank you for the great replies. I've been thinking about it these past few weeks and it's a hard decision leaving home because I've grown very dependent on my parents. A lot of what I do now is based on my parents' decisions and not mine. I'm fiilipino/chinese and they are very adamant about comparing me to other filipino children who are getting their master's in nursing and why am i still in school when I should be there. They wanted me to go to pre-med at first and didn't want to because I never wanted to be a doctor so they suggested nursing and that's what I did even when I told them I wanted to be a graphic designer. That's when they told me that if I did, they'd kick me out. I have a 10PM curfew because they don't want me partying or anything of that sort. I don't party, nor do I drink or smoke, nor do I have many friends. I'm almost always at home and when I do leave the house, it's every other week to once a month because they even chose my friends for me because they didn't like mine. I also never had a real boyfriend because whenever I try to, they nag about it until I break it up. I know that my parents are doing what's best for me, but it's been a rough 5 years since I started college. A lot of tears and sucking it up. I came here because I am scared of making a mistake and wanted to ask people who have gone through the same thing or close what their advice would be. I also want to try to better myself by taking control of my life, but I'm also scared that I wouldn't know what to do. I still haven't made up my decision and I am still in nursing school.

Thank you for all the comments! I've been thinking about leaving home, but I've become this person who can't say no to her parents. I feel like I'm committing a sin if I do. I see what some of you mean that I should use nursing as a stepping stone, but the other half is right too, I shouldn't be doing something that I hate and sink myself into oblivion. Nursing will be a good paying career, but as I'm doing the clinicals and meeting the patients, I'm realizing more and more why I don't want to pursue this. I'm scared of what to say to my parents, especially what I would say to them. I don't want to disrespect them at all. I'm also scared of learning to live on my own.

Hello all! I have been to nursing school twice already. Failed one time and starting again. I'm now in my second semester and I'm doing much better. My grades are at the top of my class. My problem is that I don't want to be a nurse. It's never been my dream to, nor do I plan on staying in nursing. It's all to make my parents happy, and I hate that they say how proud they are of me for doing it, but it makes me feel ugly inside because I'm not proud of myself. I want to become a graphic artist because it's what I've been doing all my life. I LOVE it! It's my passion! I've been working as a freelancer and I don't make a lot of money doing it, but I really don't care. Unfortunately, my parents won't pay for me to get a degree in that because they say that it's not a practical career. I see what they're talking about because they want what's best for me, but I am miserable doing something I don't love. I've become depressed because of how I've been feeling my life is headed: the wrong direction. I live at home, my parents control everything that I do, and I have a 10 PM curfew only because they are paying for school. I'm 23 years old. I don't want to live at home anymore, and I definitely don't want to be in nursing school. My other problem is that i'm afraid that if I quit, my parents will throw me out and I will be living in a world that's new to me. They've paid for everything all my life and I don't know what it's like to fend for myself. I also hate myself for not finishing school yet and that's also another reason why I stay in school. I also stay because I feel bad that they've paid for all that schooling. Not only am I depressed, but it's made me lose confidence in myself and made me insecure. What should I do? I feel like my life is going no where. Any advice? Anyone ever quit nursing school? What are you doing now?