My point was you can be unhappy with the system and not be mentally ill. When I was in school STEM was not considered the only path to success. The oft repeate

My point was you can be unhappy with the system and not be mentally ill. When I was in school STEM was not considered the only path to success. The oft repeated argument was you're a better candidate for high level jobs with something like an English degree than somebody with no degree at all, which turned out to be pretty terrible advice. I only had one teacher who said that was a terrible idea (he compared it to a degree in underwater basket weaving).