Self Worth??? How do you deal with the emotion of feeling worthless? Like you are just here hanging on with no purpose. You can't really make the people around you understand what you are feeling without them getting mad.
Maybe a little back story will help. I am out of work, hurt with a number of problems with my back. I am 40 years old with a wife and 5 kids. I worked in an industrial environment from the age of 16. I have been sitting home hurt for almost 3 years now. I had one attempt back in Feb to try to end it. Most of the time I am very thankful that it did not work. Other times I struggle with feelings of worthlessness. I would like to go back to school, but I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer. So that's me in a very small nut shell.
So, how do you deal with all the feelings that go along with the emotion of feeling worthless? I know you should try to look at the positive things in your life. To not pen point on the negative. Not so easy anymore. Bills keep coming, school is starting soon for the kids. I'm getting foodstamps to my shame, but without them I really don't know how we would make it. That alone troubles me. The Judging looks, they way I'm treated for getting Gov. help. Even by some of my own family. I am trying to get Disability, but its a long hard road. I just feel like I'm hanging on by a thread. Thanks for letting me rant.

Clemfan