As my group's description sumarized, I have found my self struggling 2 years into my retirement. I was feeling "crazy" and all-alone but after talking with my counselor - and internet research - I have found that this is normal.  I have found a number of "textbook answers" as to how to overcome this, but they just dont land at the core of the extreme/helpless feelings I have.  In other words, if it were as easy as a textbook-answer then the problem wouldnt be so big.  I am assuming there are others out there who have found themselves in a similiar situation and are looking for people to journey with!?

One key thing I have learned/experienced is that as the depression/anxiety snuck in over the last 2 years I was spending a lot of time blaming my mental state on the result of the past 40 years of life challenges/failures/stress leaving me in an almost PTSD state of mind.  The primary reason this thinking has taken over is because after 40 years I have PLENTY of time to bounce those thoughts around in my skull!!  Couple that with the hopelessness (temporary I hope) of my future and I arrived at a desperate dead-end.

Again; I am hoping there are others out there who would want to journey out of this muck and move forward together!

Tim