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[quote=Anonymous]Depends upon the severity of the mental illness. If severe, then therapy & medication; if not severe, then consider a semester abroad or a semester studying in a fun, outdoorsy area.

Decades ago, two unrelated friends didn't want to return to college after the first semester of freshman year. Both going through bad break-ups with longtime high school girlfriends. Their parents dropped them off at the Syracuse, NY bus station to return to college. Instead the two went out to Interstate 81 & hitchhiked South. The first ride took them all the way to Key West, Florida. Both came back happy as could be after working for a semester as clam-diggers in Key West.

Point is that taking a break from college can be a fun experience; no need to feel concern that your son will be missing out or that a slight disruption to his progress in college will be detrimental to his well-being.

Go clam digging in Key West, skiing in Colorado, rating restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina or participating in a college semester abroad or driving the Pacific Coast Highway for 6 weeks.  Work at a resort in Arizona & play tennis and swim.[/quote]

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