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I am not doing well academically and my family and friends are not making it any easier for me right now. My family is middle-class and my fees are very expensive. I just want to make myself and family proud, but failure keeps coming and it is not easy to break it to them and tell them that all is not well. I am under immense pressure. As I am writing this; I’m also on a break, studying for my supplementary exam and it’s 03 a.m., not only am I preparing for a supplementary exam, I am also preparing to repeat two modules next year which will make it nine modules instead of eight. I have disappointed myself and my mom and all of this is taking a toll on my mental health. Ever since I told my family what to expect, I don’t feel good about myself anymore, I’ve lost confidence in what I do and I don’t feel like I’m enough, I feel like a burden who is also milking money out of her mother. I’m trying to stay strong and push through this. I want to make myself and family proud. It difficult.