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Is relocation an option? There are jobs its just about being willing to go to them. Consider moving to another town or even state.

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Well first of all, maybe you should talk to somebody if your feeling depressed. You should keep looking hard for a job, and not just jobs that you think are good for you, i mean anything! Work by mowing peoples lawns or babysitting if you have to anything is good. Then after a few weeks of working, get yourself a car, nothing fancy just something that isnt going to fall apart in 2 months. After you get a vehicle, you can find a better job some place else, make more money. But things WILL get better trust me! I hope everything works out for you!

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A previous answer follows; use what helps: "You are not your job" is addressed in "Feeling Good - the new mood therapy" by David D. Burns, M.D., from your bookstore, or Amazon.com. Your library may have it, or his earlier books. Some others: Workplace Recipes: Coping with Unemployment and the Job You Hate by Joy Mouton (paperback), & Coping With Unemployment: 1993 by Brian Jud and Charles Lipka (paperback), & Everything Will Be All Right by Douglas Wallace (Kindle). Effective, non medication based depression treatments, many of which are free, or low cost, are at http://your-mental-health.weebly.com/1.html and page B. Dress for the type of position applying for, and don't appear overqualified. Consider volunteering, even from home, at first, as shown in page B, which will act as occupational therapy, help boost self esteem, keep activity out of undesirable parts of the brain, help others, and provide you with something to tell prospective employers about your activities since becoming unemployed. Don't be too picky about the type of job; employers prefer someone already employed (or volunteering). Approach local businesses, restaurants, fast food places, hotels/motels, supermarkets, gas/petrol stations, etc. and leave your contact details, even if just jotted down on a piece of cardboard. Such places are always hiring. Keep in mind that the economy is in the process of turning around, at present, and employers will soon be hiring again in larger numbers, but at present, there can be many applications for any given vacancy. Remain resolutely optimistic, and maintain a positive mental attitude. Use the TECHNIQUE FOR COMBATING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, on page B, as necessary. A useful counterthought is: "Things will get better soon". Or make up your own. Repeat if necessary. Contact your county/local mental health agency, to see what help they can provide. Sliding scale based psychological counselling is often available from Catholic counselling, the Methodist church, or Unitarian Universalists, and sometimes the United Way. You don't have to be a member. Google: "clinics; mhmr; (your location)" & "free clinics; (your location)" Also contact your local department of human services and apply for state health care.

See http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/health/21patient... Talk with a social worker, via your local free clinic, (Google: "free clinic; [your location] ) or public hospital. Local is best, or (202) 408 8600. They often have useful advice, and contacts. Have a list of questions prepared, and jot down answers. Food stamps: http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp Phone: 1800 221 5689. Check out http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ Dept. of Children and Families. Enquire about Medicaid Insurance. Other advice that I am aware of is to contact your local social services department and apply for state medicaid, then find a doctor who accepts it. See http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.g%E2%80%A6 for generic mental health medication, at $4/month's supply, or $10/90 days; (more in CA., and 8 other US states) also try calling Target pharmaceuticals. View www.pparx.org/ and call 1-888-4PP-ANOW (1-888-477-2669), if financially disadvantaged in the USA, and seeking a bipolar medication subsidy. Also see www.needymeds.com/ & www.low-cost-rx.com/ Some pharmaceutical companies will provide medications free, or at reduced cost, depending on the circumstances of the applicant; qualification guidelines vary. Practice a relaxation method, daily, and when needed, such as: (free) http://www.drcoxconsulting.com/managing-stress.htm... or http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/mindbody/a/Meditat... or http://www.wikihow.com/Meditate or Yoga Nidra, (a series of easy mental exercises only; no flexibility required) at http://your-mental-health.weebly.com/l.html Tai Chi, regular yoga, or Qi Gong, suits others better. They will enable you to emotionally centre yourself, when practiced regularly, and can also help you become a more self directed and controlled person, who is less influenced by the behaviour of others. Use them when needed to get through life's bad patches, as they will enable you to attain a way of being; awareness, without suffering, whenever you need it, and it is a valuable life skill and well worth acquiring. Hypnosis is merely a heightened state of suggestibility, in which you are better able to communicate with your subconscious mind. 85% of people are suggestible, to some degree, so you could either seek professional hypnotherapy, or hypnosisdownloads.com has ones on job search perseverance, and expecting the best.

try and do something like distributing leaflets, there is always a need for them, they will pay you at least £50 a week or more depending on how many leaflets you distribute, also you should look into something like kleeneze.