"When I graduated in 2012, my personal student loan debt was at about $289,000. Despite a decade of payments, the total has increased because of interest, and r

"When I graduated in 2012, my personal student loan debt was at about $289,000. Despite a decade of payments, the total has increased because of interest, and right now it's at $460,000." That alone is stressful, which in no way suggests other points being made here are unimportant. I spent decades suicidal. After some health stuff improved, I'm mostly not anymore. So I can't help but wonder if exposure to animal diseases might be a factor.