[123health]

Ok, I'll try to make this short and sweet. Both my husband and I had businesses that we closed when we moved to a new state for a better education for our teenager a year ago. We both took a while to find jobs, and those jobs only pay about 1/5 of what we were bringing home. We are way behind on our bills and can barely make ends meet. We have gone through our savings. Our credit is shot. My husband hates his job and we are both very stressed out. I work for a personal investor who is about to run out of money.

And on top of that, I am depressed. I don't want to spend time with anyone or do anything. I can't stop thinking about what we left behind and I can't see clear to get out of this mess. My husband is looking for a part time job but can't find one. I can't work one because I promised my daughter I would be here for her because I worked so many hours before we moved here. Oh, a couple of years before we moved, we lost our house (long story). Basically, I am married to a dreamer, whom I love very much.

I so understand why people try drugs to escape or do desperate things to survive. But I also know the side effects (child of an alcoholic father) and I don't even want to think about escaping...I'd rather fix the problems.

Any ideas of how I can move forward and get myself together?

[Skeezyks]

Hello health: I believe this is your first posted thread here on PC. So... welcome to PsychCentral.

Here are links to 13 articles, from PsychCentral's archives. The first 6 offer tips for dealing with depression, the fatigue it can cause, & the effect it has on motivation. The next 5 address the subject of rumination, negative self-talk, & catastrophic thinking. And the last 2 articles offer tips on what to do when you feel overwhelmed. Hopefully there will be some suggestions in these articles that will be of some help:

Strategies for Overcoming Depression

6 Steps for Beating Depression

9 Steps to Treat Depression Naturally

5 Tips for Dealing with the Overwhelming Fatigue of Depression

5 More Tips for Dealing with the Overwhelming Fatigue of Depression

https://psychcentral.com/blog/tips-f...ure-depressed/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/8-tips...op-ruminating/

https://psychcentral.com/lib/challen...dium=popular17

https://psychcentral.com/blog/catast...ase-scenarios/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/naviga...inking-part-2/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/naviga...inking-part-3/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/overwh...egies-may-help

https://psychcentral.com/blog/feelin...that-may-help/

My best wishes to you & your fiamily...

[Fuzzybear]

Welcome

[mote.of.soul]

'Change' I think is the keyword here, 123health. Something must change.