<p>I have no feelings about BC whatsoever, so anything I have to say has nothing to do with any attachment or bias towards the school.</p>
<p>Many people I know have many psychological issues from bipolar disease, chronic depression, panic attacks…everything in those psych books. The ones I am talking about are leading what seem to be ideal lives. They have managed to deal with these issues and still do what they wanted to do in life.</p>
<p>But one thing they all have in common is that despite moves and changes, the black cloud over the head follows and that is what has to be dealt with, and learning to discern whether it is causing the storm or if it’s truly the environment is not always easy. Sometimes impossible. Hate a job, the people, the work the environment, makes you sick and hurt, so you find another, and then, lo and behold, the same happens. And again, and again. Go back to school painfully, and then start another career, and the same symptoms hit. There is a point when one has to understand that it may not be the specific jobs, people and environment but the monkey on your back.</p>
<p>You’ve sought professional help and have thought about this quite a bit, so it might be a good idea to take a leave for a time period. Are there any programs where you can be a guest student elsewhere for a term and see if you like that environment better? Do you have financial constraints that may creep in the picture? Transfers have a much tougher time getting fin aid and there are very few merit awards for them. </p>
<p>A lot of my fellow classmates took breaks from my rigorous college, due to finding it near unbearable to stay there. Some did happily transfer, but most came back after a break and got their degrees at the same school. Hard to say where you fall in all of this. </p>
<p>Whatever you decide to do, I hope it works out well for you.</p>