one thing that's helped me is this catchy 70s slogan..."the personal is political." as wildflowerchild25 pointed out, its hard to get a house where you are living now. a lot of what we think of as our own "personal problems" are rooted in the social and economic realities of the world around us. with me...i realize now that a lot of my "personal problems" when I was younger were rooted in social class issues and homophobia, as they played out in my own life.

i doubt that will have a major, life-changing impact on your situation now, but try to keep that mind as you deal with your day-to-day problems and such. helps me. things you're going through are similar to what a lot of people are going through, and its not all psychological and/or psychiatric; a lot of it rooted in the society we live in, and in the realities of the 21st century US economy.