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My depression won't let me focus.
How can I focus when I'm depressed?
I'm a 31 year old female. Victim of mobbing and wrongfully terminated from my HR job. Broke= no health insurance= no meds or therapy. Lost my father to cancer. Moved to PA, so I have no friends. Jobless with college degree & discriminated for being Hispanic. I want to do many things to cure my depression by myself, but I can't focus. I want to write but when I start I get 5 different stories in my head and lose focus. Any advice?
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first of all i hope things turn around for you real soon :). In regards to the focus i have had a similar experience in the past. The best writers write about what they know. So either use these feelings as your primary inspiration to write, or focus on beating your depression first. I know as a songwriter trying to write love songs when i was depressed just gave me an unconvincing, insincere sounding song at the end of the day. I will say writing about my sadder days helped me through the hard times considerably, and i'm sure the same would happen for you.
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There are places that offer patients an opportunity to pay their bills off little by little, This is called a sliding scale. The way this works is you would call up and ask if a doctors office would be willing to see you if you put down monthly payments to pay off what you'd owe. Even if it is as little as $10/month. There is always a way to fix things.
Second: If you can you can try to file for unemployment if not then I would start putting up fliers for maybe babysitting or doing any sort of housework. Maybe look into Housekeeping at a hotel..I do know that the summer is often their busiest season. Another great option would to be to seek some volunteer work to gain the experience.
Third: I would definitely try to seek counseling if you can, A place that does offer a sliding scale to patients is Thundermist, You can Google to see if they offer one in your area.
Now another thing, Someone once told me that the best writing is when you just write how you feel even if it doesn't always make sense. Keeping a journal is a great hobby and is great for the mind. Journalism will also help you cope as well. Make sure you get out of the house, The worse thing you can do is mope around and do nothing when you feel depressed, Try and make an effort to walk about 20 minutes a day this will help the depression to balance out. Just remember there is always a way and there is always help out there.
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