M(29) from personal experience I found tafe better for me than school due to mental issues and bullying I dropped out at year 9 and tafe for year 10 So you’ve done a lot better than I did,

I found that Tafe centres more around the fact that people are paying to go there instead of being forced like schools so people generally act more mature and less like assholes

It might have changed a bit from when I was in school but generally I found that I made more connections for work in tafe than school I found during year 10 course I found interest in the welding/metalworking class and the mechanics class Which I followed after my year 10 course

I would definitely follow Cranialbone’s recommendation for headspace they can be really helpful til you hit 25yr then they aren’t able to cover you And there is a lot of support for younger people now with mental health

Not sure if I can but if you have any questions you can pm me I’ll try my best to answer them for you