I started a long post but it just went super negative so I deleted it instead of posting. I am completely overwhelmed right now. The long and short of it is that the last year has brought into sharp relief just how unhappy I have been for a very long time, and how much of it is to do with how dependent I am, and now that I am back in my old situation it is becoming intolerable. Life, as I have learned, is far too short to spend it miserable.

I need a job. I need a job I can do from home because I still have the mental illness and physical disabilities that got me in this predicament in the first place. I need a job that will hire a 43 year old with no real work experience and an unerring habit of freezing like a deer in the headlights at the thought of filling out a job application or resume or anything remotely resembling 'selling' oneself. And it needs to pay enough to live on. Not well or anything. I have no objection to living poor if it's on my own dime. I just need to get out of here. I need to get out of here soon, and on my own steam, before it crushes me back into submission.

I am so fucked. Yes, this is the less negative post. I said to my therapist last year before all this started that I felt like I was fading away and disappearing entirely. As horrifying as the last 10 months have been, I have also been here. Present in the world. And now every day I can feel myself slipping away. It's terrifying. And worse, it's an insult to my best friend who grabbed on to every last second of life to the very end.
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I am so sorry that you're feeling miserable and that you can feel yourself starting to slip away, as you put it. But -- not to be Pollyanna-ish about this -- clearly you *haven't* slipped away completely: the fact that the situation feels intolerable rather than comfortable or inevitable is actually a really good sign, right? I mean, yes, there are those obstacles you mention in the second paragraph; those are real and hard, and I'm not trying to minimize them. But it does seem like the last year has shown that you are capable of clawing your way over way more obstacles than you previously thought. Saying "I really need to get out of here" doesn't magically solve the problem, but it's a really important first step.

And like I said before -- if you need to get away for a week or two, just to be out of a house that's making you feel dependent, feel free to come take over my guest room for a while so you can research / contemplate your options in less toxic space. No pressure; just know that you're always welcome. ♥
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I am SO GLAD the voc rehab people got back to you; I know that having info and advice from people with experience in this area will help not just in terms of the info but in terms of enabling you to feel more in control and make decisions you feel more confident about, and that in itself can be such a huge thing. ♥
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