[nicholas73]

1.5 million dollars or what? Right out of school, meaning either stock option windfall or trading windfall. So you don't really feel like you earned it.

DO NOT BLOW THIS MONEY. For 99.99999% of people this is a lifetime of labor, if that. You think it's easy to make money - think again. Whatever dollar amount you think you need to feel good about yourself, it's NOT WORTH THE RISK OF LOSING THIS. Then you'll definitely be suicidal. It's infinitely harder to start from the bottom because you'll have to work just to cover fixed costs.

Don't touch the money at all. Put it all away. Let it generate some income to live on. Then think about your life. You will need time. You will need to confront your past, and your parents.

Read James Altucher. He went through the same thing, blew all his money and back again.

DO NOT RISK THIS MONEY. It is freedom money. More money doesn't help you any more than this the level for freedom.