Things have been rough

I made this website for the purpose of having a portfolio. It's easy to give people my website so they can see my work and potentially hire me in art related roles. I have to be honest with myself and with the people looking at this website. I have not been producing much new work and just feeling bad about my past work. It has really put a damper on things and I haven't felt like an artist in 2 years. I have not done anything I am really proud of and I have questioned myself if this is even worth continuing. I know my support system has been pushing me to continue to do things for myself but I'm starting to regret my decision of pursuing this whole art career in the first place. When I made this decision when I was 18 years old, why didn't I see the signs when my parents said no. Why didn't I stop when my professor said I would never make it. When the Dean of the college I worked under told me I really should reconsider my choices. Why did I continue going?