Welcome, Glad you are here! Tell us about yourself! This is a great place for support.

Welcome.

Read info w your avatar. Sorry for all the loss you've been through.
Hope you find the support you need here.
===================================================
In times of great stress or adversity, its always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
------Lee Iacocca (born 1924); Businessman

Hi. Welcome to DS. There is a lot of support here.

Feel free to reach out to me if you ever need to talk.

Sorry for the losses you have suffered. Loss and depression mixed together is miserable. Just want to reach out and say hello. Would love to hear about your cats....I have fur babies too.

I am so sorry. I am going through a rough patch too. Rattle my cage any time you like!

I am new as of yesterday, I already have received some good suggestions.
Welcome from me as well.

Live in Sarasota, FL - moved here for the sunshine and beach (and to be tan, of course....). Unfortunately, none of that holds any interest right now. I'm totally in survival mode emotionally. Have suffered so many losses in my life, I can't believe I'm still functioning, albeit not all that well. I know gratitude is such a high spiritual concept and I truly am grateful that I'm healthy (as are my cats) and that I have food, shelter and clothing. The depression, of course, diminishes all of this...... Among other things, I lost my home in a foreclosure, so am living in a single wide mobile home, which does not nurture me in any way. Plus it's SO SMALL and I miss my yard, my pool, my garage, my washer/dryer, so I'm just sort of existing here. Intention is to make enough money to move into a sweet rental asap. Just started a new job, so it will take some time to get the money-making momentum in gear. When I lost my house, it seems I lost not only a life-style, but also a lot of my identity. Lost most all of the people who were in the "we have houses and are comfortable" community. So have literally no interaction with them at all. Seems I'm having to start all over and don't know where to go or how to begin to establish relationships/friends. Very anxious about this, as I realize I'm not in the best space right now to be either a very good listener or desirous of exploring things. (Going out to dinner/a movie/visiting terrifies me right now!!!) So that's life right now. I'm holding on - sometimes one breath at a time and it's very difficult. Thanks for letting me share!!

Take a breath and take your time.

Getting used to the new job is the most important thing right now

Everything does not need to get done at once.

I lived in a trailer for a while. It was not the ritz but it was not so bad. Lots of friendly people in our park.

If you sit out on your stoop you might find someone nice will come up and chat with you.

Laundromats tend to be friendly places too.

Try just to take it one moment at a time.