There's a time during mid-late 20s and 30s that can put your mind so deep into the sunk cost fallacy of being a loser that you feel as though you might as well waste your life away.
Don't let it get you.
I've spent a lot of time living in inpatient mental facilities and 90% of the time you can separate everyone into people that gave up, and people that never will.
I've met multiple guys that have done 10-20 year bids in federal prison yet they were still able to carve out a life for themselves where they are stable and fulfilled.
On the other end there's the guys that had a couple of setbacks and when they're telling you their story the subtext is "I just gave up, and my mind is made up that I'm destined to live a shallow life."
I'm typing this to myself in a way. Because I wasted from 18 – 29 in my moms basement. And I mean that in the most literal, stereotypical way possible.
But if I hadn't heard people tell those stories in person I probably wouldn't have believed it.
I'm telling you I've heard it multiple times in detail. It's very possible.