Any "adult" (over 18) still live with parents???

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It's not as uncommon as you would think. At 19 I'm still living at home, rent-free but paying my own college tuition (and by that I mean racking up my own college loan debt). Stay if you need to, moving out before you're ready is only going to be damaging in the long-run. My cousin, who's 23 going on 24 and doesn't even have AS is still living at home, and he's not even going to school (of course, he's also a bit of a layabout, but that's rather beside the point.)

I moved out at 18, was a disaster.
Now I'm in my early-twenties leaving at my parents and my life is only a bit better. I traded tranquillity for support. Can't have both I suppose, my mom is always arguing, even over futilities and non-sense. Can't say my father is at home with the work he has.

Well, I moved across state to live with my mom 10 years ago. But it was because she had a stroke and needed my help. I'm 44 now. Still live there. But my name is on the morgage, I pay most of the bills and have a steady job.

All of my mom's sisters all stayed living with their parents until they were married and they moved out. It's like that in some families. My mom and her brother were the only ones who moved out before they got married. My uncle is divorced now. His marriage didn't even last long.

I'm 20 and still live with my parents while attending online college courses. My parents know that I have independence issues and are cool with that.

Still, I'm don't have any reason to feel ashamed or anything. I mean, I have a NT cousin who's in his middle twenties and already has a job but still lives with his parents, so there. XD

I lived away from my family (in a different state) as a student for about 6 years. I did okay for the first three years as an undergraduate. I found out during graduate school that living completely alone with no close friends and being over 1000 miles away from any family social support was simply unsustainable. Now I'm in the position where I have a specialized advanced degree in specific field that I'm not really ready to use because I'm no longer interested in moving 1000 miles away living completely alone and not being able to cope emotionally. It's not that I can't take care of myself. It's more like I just start to get incredibly lost in my own thoughts and sucked into the depths of depression when living off by myself somewhere with nobody around me and no social structure other than a job that I find myself bored at. So, to make a long story short I'm back to living with my parents, at least for the immediate foreseeable future.

My parents' house is still my permanent address, but I haven't lived there full time since my senior year of high school. I lived in the dorms all four years of undergrad, because for me dorm living was the only thing that allowed me to adjust to college life, for my summer job in another state I live in employee housing, and I'll be living in an apartment for grad school. I actually really want to not have to live at home. I feel dependent and trapped there whereas when I live on my own I am independent and have my own identity.

I moved back in with my mom for a while last year. I was 32.

I'd say either move in with your parents or find friends in whatever dorm building you live in, having a few of them that can be understanding might help you cope with specific issues or at least give you a sounding board.