The thoughts you produce play a part on the outcome of who you are. Negative thoughts create a boundary around you and limit you from becoming better. They hold you back from seeing the opportunities around you and in the end you start giving excuses for not being successful. This is feeling pity for yourself which is worsening your situation. Theses emotions and thoughts are blocking you from getting to your dreams, it's time to work your mess out to be the best you can possibly become.
Put your focus on the resources available to you to bring you out of the situation your in. The answers to your problems are around you, you can only get to them by getting up to take action in solving what your facing. This mindset will push you to break what is holding you back and show you the bigger potential you have. It's important to shift your focus from what is going wrong with your life to how you can make it better. This keeps your mind busy that you don't ever get time to feel pity for yourself which is huge step in becoming a better person.