Reply #3: Professional counseling wouldn't hurt, either.

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I think your school would offer free or low-cost services. Otherwise, there are sliding-scale organizations out there as well.

There might be support groups for people in similar situations to yourself, and individual counseling with a trained psychotherapist can be a wonderful way to get support. Do the church thing, too, the community support is great to have. I tend to think the trained psychotherapy better than pastoral counseling, however, unless you have a really special pastor.

You are definitely in a very high-stress situation. Best wishes to you.