Operator Cental34,
Talk about being stressful, and getting a break at life, I can feel you because I went through that same path, being a single mother some people thing raising a child or two is easy and simple. Yeah right, If they willing to step on my feet and give it a try, It wouldn't be as easy as they say. I'm with them 24/7 most of the time, and there are other times I'll be working supporting this family. I felt like I will never enjoy life, going out and having fun. But, I do make the time to do that as well. It all depends on how much money I would have in order to go do something for myself. Money doesn't fall from trees, we gotta work in order to make money, that's part of living life.
Since you're still young at age, You have your whole life ahead of you, It's not over. You'll get your chance to survived all that had happened and look back and laugh about it, how you made it through. You can do it, just take one step at a time, it's never the end of the world. Sometimes people have stresses in their life but they always make it through.
Take one good look at your life right now, You living in an apt. sharing an apt. with buddies, you going to college getting a degree, you working too. Nobody said life should be easy, It's going to be one long roller coaster ride, but until then it will all ends, and it would make your life a lot easier, once you get older. You just gotta work that way through Hun. Enjoy life what you have in front of you because life too short.