Thanks for this. I am glad to hear your son landed a good job. My adult child also has a very good job. I am not surprised. I had good jobs at their age, too.

The last time I got a job I applied and go hired within a day. Everyone here knows the saga. I got injured on the job and the next day was fired. It was so stressful and so stupid. Now I look back and consider myself lucky. The equipment they had was not properly maintained. Better to leave with a minor injury than to lose fingers. It was also in food service and the prepared meat there disgusted me so much that I was prompted to become vegetarian. I will never eat meat again, ever. I am a very happy, very peacefully happy vegetarian now.

I don't really think I can handle the stress of working, continued living on my own, moving to a cheaper apartment all by myself, figuring out how to not become homeless, on top of the social isolation. It seems so difficult it almost makes me laugh. I just feel like I am headed for a certain breakdown.

My attitude could not be worse.

But we don't know what is around the corner! For instance, you might stabilize and never again have another break. You can recover completely. People have done it. So that's my wish for you.