[Sesiley]

So.. hello. I'm overthinking everything, I believe...and I'm getting depressed because of it. I just don't know what to do...

I've been going to school online...I have kids and I'm stuck at home. I HATE it and it makes me depressed.

I want to be working and making money, but Daycare would take away what I made...or having family watch the kids would require me to drive far away and put too much wear and tear on the vehicles..

How do I have a reason to live or be happy? I don't get it?...I constantly think of this..

And if I did get a job...it's never respected enough and I'm nobody to the people I will work for and with...

Okay peoples, I just want to be happy in this world, what is the secret? I want to live...to the fullest....how???

I stay confused 🤷*♀️

[Skeezyks]

Hello Sesiley: Well... I certainly don't know the secret to happiness. Wouldn't that be great if I did? But I saw no one had replied to your post. So I thought I would.

Unfortunately I also don't know how you get around the quandary you are in. From my perspective, I think perhaps the only thing you can do, at the present time, is to try to find something you can do even if it's just a couple of hours per week that you can look forward to until such time as you have more time available... such as when the kids are in school, if you have preschoolers. I do know this is a difficult situation. Perhaps some other members, here on PC, will yet reply with some more beneficial suggestions. I wish you well...

[kecanoe]

You do sound sort of depressed, so maybe this won't help, but when I was a stay-at-home mom I found things to do that provided childcare. There were Mothers of Preschoolers groups and Women's Connection meetings and church stuff that all provided child care, got me out with other moms and helped me not feel trapped. I also found that finding a friend or two who was also home w kids helped. We would just hang out sometimes and yell at each others kids