Hi there,

I feel I need to share this.. I think I'm ashamed of what my life has become.

Years ago, I dropped out of university to start working so that I'd be able to pay for therapy. I went to therapy for three years and have since been out of a job due to physical illness (for two years now)..

I've been dealing with what I believe to be very deep depression. I now feel I'm maybe starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel.. But thinking about what to do next, I just feel that people would see me as a complete failure and that they wouldn't accept me, that it's too late to make my life any better..

There's a two-year gap in my resume, I only have one friend left, and I think people can tell I'm still sad because of the reasons I've been depressed.. I just feel like all these things would be really off-putting to potential new friends and employers - like, what do I have to offer anyone?

Do you think it's possible to start over when you've hit rock bottom..? Or am I destined to be a total recluse?

[President of the Planet]

Hi, what do we call you?

And where do you live?

Did you know, the best part about life & the fact, if ya can't get a job.......Ya Give Yaself One ... Lol

How'd Ya think I got to be the President of the Planet?

They weren't handing out Presidentual Applications at Bunnings

Cheers

Ron
President of the Planet

[Skeezyks]

Hello d.o.a.: Well... I'll tell you that I did destroy my life (along with the lives of several other people as well...) & I am pretty-much a total recluse, & it is too late to start over. So I am where you don't want to go. I've now aged into retirement. (Haven't been employed for probably 15 years.) Occasionally I imagine that there is still something I could do. But, realistically, what would it be? And besides, when it comes right down to it, there's nothing I really want to do.

Despite all of that, I don't believe it's ever too late if you really want to make a fresh start. Yes, there will be obstacles. But, as the saying goes, the longest journey begins with a single step. What's important here, I think, is first to not overthink this. Assume you can do it. Then don't focus too much on the big picture or your ultimate goal. Just make a start. Take it one step at a time. And after a while I believe you'll look back, smile to yourself, & say: "Wow... look how far I've come!"

P.S. Perhaps one tiny thing you could do to start with is to change your user name here on PC. You're not dead yet!

[unaluna]

As i approach grammaw moses' age when she started doing whatever she did (whats the first thing to go??), she will be getting older and older to give me more leeway.