I got laid off in July and my unemployment runs out in a few weeks...unless I am approved by the "extension fairy" (which you have to wait and see in my state, it happens right up until your unemployment runs out...gee, thanks for the added stress). I have been applying for jobs (per unemployment rules) every week and nothing but one phone interview which went nowhere. My father has been helping to support me and commented that I am going to have to lower my standards (um, I was hardly making much before with my not-so-useful English degree).
But to be quite honest, I don't think I can work all day. I have severe depression (can't find the right med yet), anxiety, insomnia, and OCD. Being surrounded by people all day sounds horrifying. I was on short-term disability for awhile at my last job, and even there I had flexible hours and could cry at my desk all day if I needed to. I really don't know what to do. I am going to make a psychiatrist appt. because I know nothing about any kind of disability my state offers if you are unemployed, if that even exists...he seems to think depressed people benefit from having a set schedule and people around them...maybe some do, but I am WAY past that as a comfort zone. I feel nauseated just typing about this...nauseated and terrified. I haven't even talked to my therapist about it because I just feel so hopeless.