Hello Auntie Momoza. Please post for me. I am a 28 years old man from Limpopo, I really need help, I am depressed. I passed matric with 3 distinction, my dream was to be lawyer. I enrolled at UJ studying LLB, first year I was doing well I passed my modules except one that I couldn’t submit assignments as I was having financial issues. Then problem started when I was studying second year. When I was writing my exams I lost two textbooks in my room, and I was really sure that my room was locked.
When I looked for them and couldn’t find I decided to consult. Boom, I found out that the person who was behind that is my grandmother🙆‍♂️, and I was told that I will get them back. I didn’t believe until I found them in my room again on the table, I started to lose focus, always depressed and sometimes whenever I want to study I would have a headache. I tried to attend therapy but it didn’t help. Eventually I failed all my semester modules and I was excluded.
So then I came home with nothing, told myself that would find a job and at least study online. It took me 9 months to find a job, Ok then I found a job at restaurant. But the problem was that I didn’t see where my pay goes. Everytime I got money I lose it quickly either on alcohol or gambling. So last year December I was still working so I decided to consult again, I was told the same thing that the person behind “everything I am going through is because of my grandmother and nothing will ever be good if I am still staying with here under one roof, so I have to go stay somewhere far from here without saying goodbye.”
I didn’t listen then I lost the job, early January. I’ve been applying for jobs ever since with no luck. Now I got a job in Gauteng where at least I can be far from her cause seeing here everyday depressed me even more. So today I got email inviting me to attend interview on Monday. What can I do to protect myself? I have no plans of ever returning home anytime soon. I will read the comments.