I really don't think holding a job should be the way people judge how successful they are at coping with life. I know several people who work all the hours under the sun, but are incredibly un happy and constantly swimming in debt.

I know what you're getting at though, Josie. I go through stages where I just find it impossible to even consider facing the world because it's just too much. Usually over the winter months I seem to get a lot worse (probably due to SAD). I get very withdrawn, I find it a lot more difficult to face other people or to understand situations going on around me. I tend to lock myself away in my room and just hope people will leave me alone for a few months. Sadly, they rarely ever do.