Guessing by some of the details in your post, you're a bit of a prole. I'm a prole who did manage to get a college education. It was great, no lie. But I'll tel

Guessing by some of the details in your post, you're a bit of a prole. I'm a prole who did manage to get a college education. It was great, no lie. But I'll tell you, almost every other prole I meet in this business, institutionally educated or no has the same credential/class anxiety. Despite that anxiety, they keep turning up. I keep finding them. I think this is because the bottom line is that most companies don't care about a degree. For some jobs yes but for most positions, they care about where you worked last, what you did and what was the impact. I feel you. The employment anxiety has been killer. I dropped some pounds not eating for about a week myself. Medical bills and broken down cars still haunt my dreams. But try to remember that you are so far ahead of most people it's almost a laugh. Because 4 years can get you a degree but it takes a life to be where you are. Disciplined to grow your own food, humble to work any job to get by, unattached to material posessions enough to let go of your home rather than let it sink you (look how many made this mistake in 2008) that is resilience. You really are in a good place. It's corny but the biggest thing you need is to believe in the fact that you belong in this business and that there will be a next job.