Thank you for all your thoughtful responses.

I think it's so true that so many of us are now faced with economic problems that have no quick or easy solution (or no solution) and that it's just that much harder for people like us who also struggle with depression--inherited, from early trauma, or both.

It does really help me to hear your struggles and I thank you for sharing them. I feel less alone when I know other people have their seemingly endless problems PLUS depression too. Not that misery loves company, just that it's good to know I'm not alone.

I'm trying to learn to detach emotionally from stuff 'out there' that goes wrong--maybe not even think of it as 'going wrong'. Just, stuff happens. And roll with it. It IS hard. But I'm working on it.

All the best to all of you. You are all courageous and I wish you every good thing.