I am wasting my life and how do I pick myself up by my bootstraps?
I’m not sure what’s wrong with me. I did go to psychiatrists when I had a job with health insurance and they did not help. I’m at the point now that I would like to kill myself, but I’m a coward. I’m not looking for people to say "oh, don’t do that" — I’m mentioning that to give you an idea of how I have no hope and no desire to live. I isolate myself literally in my home. I’m in horrible debt now. I have no friends, no partner, no children and I’m almost 50.
I CANNOT afford to see a doctor, so please don’t suggest that. And the state will not help a single white person with no children, so please don’t suggest that. Even if I found a free clinic, I probably wouldn’t go because I have this problem about isolating myself in my house, fear of going out. And I’ve looked for free group therapy in my town and I haven’t found any. I even tried to get other depressed people to come to a group therapy via Craigslist. No one responded. If you suggest church, I probably won’t go because I have a problem with *isolating* myself.
Believe it or not, I wasn’t always like this, although I feel I’ve always had problems with depression. I was a flight attendant for 15 years. I’ve gained tons of weight, I will eventually have to file bankruptcy, if I can ever make myself go to the attorney and file and have the money to file. I just want to disappear when my cat dies.
Is there anyone out there that deals with this kind of thing and can suggest ANYTHING to help me just make the first move to helping myself?
Thanks in advance.