I'm having mixed feeling about what to do with my life. I am considering giving up my apartment to be homeless again--temporarily. I am on unemployment right now with no insurance. I might barely be able to squeeze by keeping my apartment, but I would have to forego paying other expenses, like personal or household items, maybe even paying the electric bill. I applied for and should be getting financial assistance to pay the electric bill, but it will take several weeks to go through. And with gas prices so high, there is no telling if I will always have fuel for my car. I can get some things like food, clothing or personal health items from the shelter or pantries, so I can save some with that. But still things would really cut close, or more likely, go over budget. If I leave my apartment, it will give me a little more money for budgeting--perhaps just enough--and I would be more comfortable with that. I'm afraid that otherwise, I'll end up almost begging for gas money for the car, or for just anything. I've been in that situation, not knowing where my next source would be. It would sometimes limit how often I saw my kids and got to do things with them. If I was homeless, I wouldn't be able to spend overnight time with my kids for the time being, but we could still at least have time during the day like we did before. I'm very undecided about what to do. What else, I used to work (volunteer) at the homeless shelter in my county. I don't like their current therapist (social worker) either--I've been stuck using him before at a different shelter and he has no idea what he's doing. Told me that I'm normal--despite that I told him about my eating habits and that after a friend was attacked, I started getting PTSD symptoms again. But, he said that all was "normal" and would happen to anyone. He said that if I lost weight and was 100 pounds again, then maybe he'd consider that a problem. If you know anything about my eating habits from chat or the ED forum, then you know he's a little off on saying that what I do is normal. I went back to my old homeless shelter that I used to be a "member" of in a different county, but still close, to see if I had any option to join them if I decided. I didn't think I could, but figured it was worth a try. They said no services, but I could pop in for lunch, food, clothes, etc. (By the way as a side note, this location serves GREAT hot lunches!) The overnight sleeping shelters are closed for the winter season. With the weather warmer, I could always sleep on the beach out in the sun if it doesn't rain. I could figure something out. Anyway, could I hear some opinions from out there on what I should do? I know this is tough, but I'd like to hear your ideas.