[Wants2Fly]

I finally got it together to finish one job application that I've been working on all week. Now, my job apps are complicated, requiring portfolios, letters of reference, etc..

Feeling as if I had accomplished something positive, I decided to keep the positive energy going. I filled out at online form for a 2nd job -- as the employer required for this position. But it didn't process, my printer went crazy printing out every box of type on a separate page, the laptop started to humm, overheating I guess -- and suddenly, tears were sprouting from eyes.

I can so much empathize with the people saying they have given up. It's so hard to keep on trying when ever little thing seems like a minor setback in depression. Just this one thing overwhelmed me.

My whole family has a very pragmatic, pull yourself up by the bootstraps
philosophy. I think I used to be like that before I lost my health, job, beloved, dogs, and home. last year. I looked up some mental health resources in the yellow pages; I definitely need more structure and human contact in my life.

[lost_lonely]

That happens to me, too sometimes. I lost a pair of pants once a couple months ago, and burst into tears. I couldn't stop crying for thirty minutes. My last therapist told me that when that happens we're not really crying for the silly reason we think, but rather because of the deeper feelings of pain, despair and depression. Does that make sense to you?

[dexter]

It is funny that so many people use the cliche "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" because that saying really is a metaphor for something that is impossible to do.

You CAN'T pull yourself up by the bootstraps, because you have no point of leverage, and that's why that phrase was coined. Now people who don't know any better use it to tell us to get better on our own, and they're really saying "Why don't you just do the impossible and get better?"

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[Meachie]

Hey I know exactly how you feel. It is tough to do things when you know it would be easier to just give up. I thought I was the only one that cried over messed up printers. I thik the times in my life when I was looking for a job were the most stressful. Heres hoping the perfect job will come your way soon!

Meachie

[Wants2Fly]

Thank you all for replying. It helps so much that other people share these feelings. I am sure that I wasn't crying over the rprinter -- jkust the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.

As for the pull yourself up by your bootstraps -- What are bootstraps anyway? I never thought about it -- interesting insight.

Good night, all. Thank you for being here for me.