To ask why life can't just be easier?

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Things could be worse. I'm not dying and neither are any of my loved ones but I've been having a hard time recently. I'm already on ADs and waiting for therapy. I am in a bad financial situation and I can't seem to get out of it. I'm working but it's not paying the bills and I'm experienced and qualified for so much more and used to earn a good salary.

I've been doing what I can to improve things but today had two bad pieces of news and for reasons I'm not going to spend several paragraphs going into I can't really tell anybody about them at the moment. The first is something that will have a major impact on my life and will not help in my attempts to improve things. The second is something a good friend has done where I feel so let down and it has ramifications that will be on-going.

I know I'm feeling sorry for myself but why can something not go right for once? I'm really trying here.

Hi Op, I'm sorry that I don't have any great insight but didn't want to read and run. I'm sorry that you're having a hard time at the moment.

Would you be able to get back to a role more suited to you to help financially?

Hi OP wouldn't it help to just talk about it? This is an anonymous forum. Start a new thread with a name change if you need to. Tell us and we'll see if we can offer practical help or just a listening ear.

If you're worried about outing you could do a name change and just talk about one problem........

Sorry you are going through this, everyday life is hard without financial problems on top. Do you have anyone for support?

Thank you for the responses.

This is a username I only use when posting about my MH anyway. I'm a very regular poster under my 'real' username.

I will try to write more tomorrow to see if MN wisdom helps me. I don't feel up to it tonight.

I do have some people for support but I have isolated myself more recently and am ashamed of my situation so no one knows the true extent of it. I also want to keep my personal affairs private because I don't want my ex to find out and I don't want my DC knowing and worrying.

Have you got any real life support?.