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A study came out sowing that eating a lot of raw fruit and veg can drastically reduce depression, anxiety and other mental health issues: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00487/full
It's also well known that walking around outside improves mental health. maybe you can take steps like these to start with and then things might become easier. As far as college, maybe a correspondence course like the open university.
I should definitely eat healthier, but what is an open university? And what is a correspondence course?
It's where they send you the study materials and you study at home instead of going to classes.
I never knew this existed.
Look into it, maybe your area has something similar. Correspondence courses used to be really common in the 20th century. They'd send you the study materials and you study at home.
That could be a potential option, but I still need to move out of this house because of my parents stressing me out too much.
If you felt up to doing an in-person college course you could get accommodation included.
I have been permanently traumatised from my experience in college, which I do not think is an exaggeration. Besides, I still have to leave this house as soon as possible.
Cheapest way to do this – won't get all the neat plant chemicals – is hibiscus drinks + citrus fruits & apples. Get fiber with psyllium & chia seeds. Get potassium from potatoes, yogurt, protein powder, coconut water, powdered peanut butter, & potassium citrate if you can get it (chloride causes stomach issues). Frozen berries are probably (still?) the most affordable normal way to get shit like anthrocyanins and they have a lot of fiber too.
Beans, spinach, collards etc are amazing but too hard to digest, more of a side dish portion thing. I know this is heresy on this side of the fediverse so I speak quietly of it
You want to ramp up to 25-50g fiber (NOT IMMEDIATELY) & get at least 1/3 of your calories from protein (after thermogenesis which is just a % loss of calories to heat based on how hard the food is to digest, proteins have 20-35%). Focus on complex carbs for energy. This is just a rule of thumb as your protein needs are proportional to physique & the overall calories to your energy use (consider if it is a training day).
This made my anxiety less ridiculous almost immediately when I started, but it won't fix lack of exercise. Oh and intermittent fasting is really good once you stop craving sugar you feel way better