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Very depressed, no light at the end of the tunnel

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SUPERDODDY · 03/08/2020 23:13

2020 - The worst year of my life.

In December 2019 I lost my job. I have been unemployed ever since.

I have 29 years quality work experience in Finance and yet to date I must of nearly had 80 job interviews and not one job offer.

In January this year my sister died at the age of 50 by cervical cancer.

I am the eldest of three and with my brother having emigrated to New Zealand in 2010 I am the sibling who has been left to looking after my darling mother who is 79 in November.

I am married, 26 years in October and sadly we were unable to have children.

Also when I was 20 my father died at the age of 48.

On top of all that I have had a gambling addiction since the age of 14 and have lost £000's through my betting.

Can life get any worse ? Everyday I experience negative thoughts and quite often I am fighting against suicidal thoughts.

I need employment for my mental health and yet it seems impossible to find anything.

Losing my sister has been devastating, why my father @ 48 and my sister 50. I never knew my dad's mother but she died at the age of 48.

If I fell asleep forever tomorrow I would say thank god for that, I do think the belief of a God is the biggest scandal ever created, believing in scriptures written over 2.000 years ago and where would everyone go if their was such a place, complete rubbish to me.

As you can tell I am become an extremely negative person who is in the lowest mood I have ever experienced in my life.

Can anyone out there over some positive guidance.

Many Thanks

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3rdtimestupid · 03/08/2020 23:17

I'm so sorry you have been through so much troubling stuff. And anyone that had been through what you had would feel similar so do not think this is a personal negative fault of yours as it's not.

Have a chat with a job advisor, if you had a successful career you may be over qualified. Please don't forget it's covid so jobs are few and far between again something not to take personally.

However I do think you need help to get a more positive outlook for your future. Speak to your GP and arrange counselling and see if any medication would help for short term. I do hope you feel better soon. Our brains are very good at connecting all bad thoughts to all precious which is why depression spirals x

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