I'm in my fifties and I know if I could give myself a five minutes of advice my life would have worked out just fine- this is probably true of a large majority of people in their twenties who are consdering ctb, in my opinion. I didn't know what to focus on to solve the key problems, I was too lost and aimless. The problem is that for each person the five minutes of advice would be different, though some parts would be the same. And if might be more like 15 minutes, I'm not exactly sure, but I do think five minutes would do it. When you are younger you have so much more opportunity to turn around financial and social things- so it can get better, but making the right steps when under 30 or 35 will make a big difference as to whether it will What I needed to focus on was finishing college and getting a decent paying career going no matter what- minimize hobbies or other side things, minimize work at dead end type jobs, and get on a good paying path in your twenties to early thirties. Also, I was terrified of marriage because of my poarnets horrible marriage, but for me getting marrieed to a nice girl would have been the other most important thing- but to do this after the career is going, though having a relationship in college is very important. In my situation, where I had some nice people around me and some very mean people around me who were pretending to be nice, assessing which people really cared and stciking with them and get away from the others was the other most important piece, as well as determinig which extended family members could help me with the stress at home. To treat depressions doctors use meds, hospitalization, and talking about your childhood, which rarely helps- the two biggest anti-depressants are financial stability and having good connections with other people.