I am also in this group of "older depressives." Feel free to talk to me.

I am afraid that because I am older, there is no time to recover from the mess that exists (unlike the young people that have a whole life ahead of them). I too am jobless and without friends. I spend the days in isolation. I have tried to find work but have failed consistently. Financially and psychologically I am basically in a disaster. I do not know how to get through each day. The boredom is overwhelming. I used to be a productive part of society and now I am a lump of nothingness. How does one cope with this? I am on meds that take away the "sting" of depression but do not solve the underlying problem of not having a real life. Is this the way it was meant to be? I am scared that every day of my life will be like this and that I will not recover from this life of emptiness and pain. What should we all do to fight this unhappiness? How do you get through the fear?