LMo, I am also deeply impressed. You are an admirable woman to be so supportive and I imagine it does increase your stress levels, esp. with other people noticing and "trying" to be helpful.

All I can say is that personally when I am depressed I am terrified that I won't be able to do the job, that I will be fired, that they will discover that I really CAN'T do the job. Logically, I know I can do it, but the emotional fear paralyzes me so that I made excuses. I don't know what your boyfriend used to do, or what he is qualified for........but it could just be the fear of failure. To me, that is unacceptable to fail.

Take care**********

Mary Alice