Yeah, it really does suck when you have no money! It's times like these when we truly surrender.

Succesful therapist visit - diagnosed BiPolar II, changing and upgrading meds and learning new lifestyle.

I am sorry to hear you are feeling so badly, but hopefully with a diagnosis you can get the help you need and start feeling better. The lack of support from a spouse only makes things tougher, I know.

I am starting to work part-time on this new project. Unforunately, the pay the first few months is a lot lower than I anticipated. We wont have revenue coming in and the founder is paying everything out of pocket. I won't even get paid until March and I have US$25 in my bank account. I am going to have to ask my husband to pay my health insurance this month, which I hate.

Meanwhile, my mother is giving me the silent treatment because I won't be guilt-tripped into going on a very expensive family trip. What part of I can't afford it does she not understand?

Sorry for the threadjack. I guess I just needed to vent a bit too and let you know you are not the only one in this situation.

Many thanks, taking the new meds and WOW are the mood levelers, but feel like kicked in the gut after so many nears of non-diagnosis. Very somber tonight

Dear friend, I am facing unemployment at this point in time and I can empathize with you. Know that you are a very strong and lovable person in the midst no job prospects yet. You are needed, you are important, and you have something special to offer the world. Don't stop believing: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQyCkwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1k8craCGpgs&ei=WfP4VPyTAcydNqGZg6AI&usg=AFQjCNHn9HDYwiHKwVk0tZTMQipBUsvnMg&sig2=jNKXyAUbA2l-qXQQIYSSiA&bvm=bv.87611401,d.eXY

I am at the same point you are. It is scary.

Hi,
Because of No Job don't think that you are in depression or something like that because, be happy everyone has hard time :)
Try to interact more it will make you feel better always.
I'll help you with the best things I can.
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After panic attacks and worry and stress, got a job last week with a rather small managed services provider in Georgia, not a large outfit nor one I am particularly impressed by but it is FAR better than the one with kids brought to meetings/ but I am still hugely depressed. Yes I should not be so here but it seems my jobs are going nowhere.

Sometimes taking ANY job helps. I had a few jobs recently that didn't pay bad, but I absolutely hated them. I was miserable. Then I took a lesser paying job, that I LIKE, and it is so close to home I can get there in less than two minutes. I don't spend money on gas, I enjoy what I do and it is ok.

I learned to live with less, but be happier.

Oh I got really depressed when I was out of work, and searching so hard and nothing came up. Took jobs I deplored before I even started them, but had to , to survive. Then I just walked into this place, said I WANT TO WORK HERE... it was a new manager, she was impressed, and I got the job.

I am in the same boat. It feels like a hole I can't get out of.
Good Luck to you...

I feel worthless because no matter what type of job I go after somehow nothing pans out.

Most recent job did not last, and I am hunting again, but now the phone is not ringing at all. Very depressed in a quiet way, which I find frightening as hell. It is enough to be outward but now the shell has collapsed. Several jobs look great, I apply and .......silence. Even private work is not turning up bucks. Very blue.

I am still down for a variety of reasons, some of which I can manage such as job hunting. But miss my grand-daughter up north horrible today and not having a job means I cannot contribute to a trip north to visit and even have spending money for me. Very bad there today. Otherwise, there are days job hunting when NOTHING happens, and those days are to be suffered as gracefully as possible. Like now.