Never Retire In Your 20s. It Will End Like Amanda Bynes

Its not because she retired-- its because she had mental health issues and substance abuse issues... retiring early is a blessing for normal people EDIT: The amount of bootlickers in this comment section that think that if they didn't have a job to work they would legit fall into a depression is so sad GET A LIFE you are more than just a 9-5 drone for some corporate machine. If u think u would immediately turn to drugs and depression I think u should work on that now fr

As an ex husband of a drug addicted woman, I’m gonna tell you this…don’t do drugs, kids. It will ruin your life and bring in people that will drag you down to hell with them. Amanda’s story is a cautionary tale.

Amanda Bynes is one of the prime examples I point to for how Hollywood chews up child actors and spits them back out. Her, Macaulay Culkin, and Lindsay Lohan all had their lives completely derailed by the stresses of working in an environment as toxic as the film and TV industry and I genuinely feel bad for them for it. It doesn't surprise me one bit how Amanda Bynes descended into substance abuse and mental health problems and I genuinely hope that the day eventually comes when children in Hollywood are able to be protected from ending up like they did.

I have a friend that retired at 24 and he's 34 now and doing completely fine. He has hobbies, reads a lot, goes out with friends and his girlfriend. This isn't about retiring early, this is about drug abuse.

It's not about retiring early, it's about keeping yourself busy after you're done with your job. If you have hobbies, passions, sports or anything else you enjoy doing, why not spend the time you have now on those things? (if money isn't an issue anymore) Sadly, Amanda didn't seem to have a purpose in her life after she quit acting and fell prey to substance abuse instead.

My sister went to FIDM with her....she never had a class with her, but he roommate did and apparently Amanda was exactly how you think a trainwreck celebrity would be. She was entitled, rude, and sometimes high. Everyone talked about her at school and nobody wanted to deal with her, she was not doing well and everyone could tell

You can tell how poorly her self image was fr considering she kept calling everyone around her ugly, not only is it just her projecting her feelings of being ugly onto others, but clearly she thinks that being ugly is the absolute worst thing and makes your opinions irrelevant, and makes it so you cant check someone into a hotel. For her, being ugly is the worst possible thing someone can be and she wants to convince herself she is not that. 😢

Or maybe because of all the abuse that happened with her when she was a kid?

The career and life of Frankie Muniz is a pretty good counterpoint to the "never retire in your 20s" argument. Muniz rose to fame from Malcolm in the Middle and quit full-time acting in his early twenties. He now spends his life racing, being in a band, and the occasional movie cameo. You can retire at any age, you just need to have both the wealth/income to sustain your preferred lifestyle and to have a lifestyle that gives you meaning.

My father retired from the military at 25 due to breaking his back. It usually turns out this way if you aren’t family oriented in my experience. Focusing on raising a fam and continuing to work on things kept him busy

I watched the Amanda Show on Nickelodeon as a kid and watched pretty much all of her movies...I was and still am so sad about what has happened to her and I keep trying to stay hopeful that each stint in rehab/getting psychiatric care will help her get out of this awful spiral she's gotten herself into. Only time will tell, but I really really hope she gets the help she so sorely needs and continues to get it so she can stay healthy and find happiness.

I think early retirement is fine. Just….you know, don’t live beyond your means, do SOMETHING with your time, stay away from substance abuse, and be careful who you let in your life.

Ain't gonna lie, I am too broke to retire right now. 😂

This happens all the time with former Child performers. Honestly, it’s kinda sad.

I retired in my late 20's from the military after an injury... it's not a living hell at all. Amanda Bynes turned her potential heaven into her own real life hell. If you don't make dumb assed decisions you can live a pretty nice life just taking it all in. Being caught up in a career often times numbs a person's ability to connect with what's really going on... which is, almost everything we do is based on an imagined purpose created to cope with the cold reality that, beyond keeping the species going we really have no other purpose. Life doesn't have any goals, it only has purpose... just existing is good enough, a lot of people - most people - forget or never understand this about life and end up wasting their time on a job they took too seriously. Time you will never, ever get back for any amount of money or prestige.

Nothing good can expect to happen to you if you get involved in any show where Dan "I Love Feet" Schneider is.

Amanda Bynes is such a tragic story. She was one of my favorite actors, and it hurts seeing her fall so far

Truly one of the saddest examples of a child star hitting rock bottom. She was so talented and could have gone on to be one of the greatest performers of our time. It’s so tragic what mental health problems and substance abuse can do to a person so quickly. If she continues the way she’s going I wouldn’t be surprised if she dies before the age of 40.

This makes me sad as someone who grew up watching her as a kid (we are around the same age and I also struggle with marijuana substance abuse, but I’ve not let my life get to her level). Praying for her healing and recovery

Yeah it goes without saying, Don't retire at a extremely young age unless you either have passive income or rich parents