Hi Cherlicious

I was just wondering since your auntie has depression would she tell you what she does to manage with it. That might be helpful. That you liked your uncle shows you that some men may be nice.
I am overweight myself, but that can be dealt with by diet and exercise. Having to read things over four or five times is quite common for people who have depression. It is because short-term memory is not very good. But with the extra work enough of it does stick for examination purposes. And these days a lot of courses have marks given mostly for assignments. Which means that the memory problem becomes less of a difficulty.
It may not be true in your case, but some people do have an attention deficit disorder for which medication can be successfully used.
That your uncle gave you a job is really great. That puts bread on the table. I was wondering whether using email with people rather than the phone where possible would make things easier?
None of us really like to go beyond the comfort zone but you have done so even though it was very difficult and you should feel good about being able to do that, despite feelings to the contrary.
To cope with forgetfulness. My wife writes notes about everything she needs to do and perhaps that is something that would help.
Seeing a clinical psychologist is really best as they are the experts in the field for therapy in helping people with their problems.

Perhaps you would think it helpful for people to have a consuming purpose in life. That could be a charitable cause, or indeed reconnection with something that fired you up in earlier times. A consuming passion gives definite direction to life. Take care. I hope and pray everything gets much better for you soon. God bless and best wishes from your friend Francis