[Gadgetsmile]

Hi,

This is very complicated to explain....

Well, I am a single mum to a beautiful 4 year old.
I lost my job November last year. We were made homeless in April this year and are in a hostel, we should be housed April-July 2013.
My little one started school in September but with all the changes she is very angry and emotional and has started to have behavioural difficulties at school, the school have been great and she sees a play therapist now at school but is being referred to child and adolescent mental health for support.
I'm now under the mental health team and am in the assessment phase for a diagnosis. They think I defininetly have PTSD but there is a possibility I have a mood disorder too.
My daughter turns 5 in feb and that means I will have to find work again. But with literally everything up in the air I don't feel ready.
I don't know when we will be housed or where
I don't know what is wrong with me or what help I will get
I don't know what is wrong with my daughter or what other help she will get
Going back to work in feb will be a nightmare logistically as well. The hostel is the other side of town from my daughters school and there is no childcare service/minder that would pick her up from here and take her to school. Also I would have to take time off to move, for my appointments and my daughters appointments. I have no idea when they will be so I will be hard to say at interview that I'll have to have time off for various reasons. That is if I even get interviews for jobs that don't exist.
I brought up working in feb with the mental health nurse and her response was "you could be a carer" when I checked out carer jobs there is no home near us, and home visit careers need a car and I don't drive. Plus it is shift work and weekends and as a single mum I can't do evening and weekends because of childcare....

I just don't know what to do....

[Onecoldday]

It sounds like your in a very hard place, but don't give up. Some times things are very unfair and it seems like the whole worlds against you. but its through this that a stronger person is created. Its through these trials that your metamorphosis with take shape and you wings will unfold to fly you to your future. like a butterfly you must bust out of the hard spots, and find a life that's right for you and your child. I believe in you and if you ever need someone to talk to please pm me. I hope to hear from you soon.