Please help I feel a loss of hope.
I don’t feel I can even help anyone anymore. I feel like I can’t even help me. After our foster daughter ran away for the second time we didn’t take her back. We asked CFS to find a different placement for her. I miss her so much… But we just couldn’t handle everything! I’m unemployed and can’t find a job. My husband’s business recently took a turn for the worse. I’m pregnant and my last pregnancy ended in a miscarrage and I just feel a sense of dread. I know I’m not cursed but what is going on!?
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I feel a loss of hope. I don’t feel I can even help anyone anymore. I feel like I can’t even help me. After our foster daughter ran away for the second time we didn’t take her back. We asked CFS to find a different placement for her. I miss her so much… But we just couldn’t handle everything! I’m unemployed and can’t find a job. My husband’s business recently took a turn for the worse. I’m pregnant and my last pregnancy ended in a miscarrage and I just feel a sense of dread. I know I’m not cursed but what is going on!?
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that’s a lot at once. I think the first thing is to relieve stress and maybe take a little time to regroup.Get rid of the sense of dread.
{{HUGS}} from Mama BEar, when things come in bunches like this it I try to see it as test . I give it some thought trying to see what I’m suppose to be learning from it. Sometimes I like what I see, sometimes not. It doesn’t mean I did anything wrong just that sometimes things are hidden and need our attention. Most of the time its something so simple or obvious I had been missing. And If nothing comes up, then Its just a matter of accepting it and relying and trusting faith and hope.It’s clear the foster daughter situation could not be helped so don’t allow any guilt to cloud things.We can either let the guilt get to us or do something about it.The same thing with not being able to help anyone right now, if you start to feel guilty about it ‘try’ to help, it will help you too. But if not, thats ok too. your obviously overwhelmed and rightfully so, so you need to put things in order of importance doing what is possible on each one, individually.In the case of the foster child, if you havent tell her how much you miss her . Do what you can with the things you do have control over and leave the rest to faith. Things have a way of working out on their own, sometimes with miraculous results when we allow them to .
Have you considered a telecommute job? You can apply for freelance writing, bookkeeping, software, transcription, online tuition or customer service work at home jobs. These companies do not require any fee and pay well . List of companies(with websites) offering genuine work at home jobs is available at http://www.pcworkathome.net . Many of these companies have been in business for several years
Let me ask you a couple of questions to see if we can come up with some different ideas. First, neku; have you actually fed yourself on the income from the pcworkathome? It may be a waste of valuable time. what type of business does your husband have and do you have to stay in MB?
You just have to take life one day at a time; that’s all any of us can do. We all have our problems, some of us hide it better then others, but don’t let that fool you you’re not alone.
Woman miscarriage all the time it is in fact a natural part of child birth. Child birth was once a dangerous pursuit before medical science took a little bit of control over it. In order to cope the human female body adapted a try and only hold only those babies that had a good chance of delivering successfully and reject those that would not. Your miscarriage was nothing more then your body telling you there was something wrong with that pregnancy and you should not see it as a sign that your cured. It’s a sign that your healthy. The child you are carrying now will most likely survive and in no time you will have a child to take care of and bring joy into your life.
Its unfortunate that your husband’s business is not doing well. But once again that’s not a cure, its just a sign of the times. The Economy is not doing well as a whole and a lot of business aren’t doing well. Don’t believe the hype your hearing on the news about this though, the news media tends to sensationalize the news in an attempt to boost their ratings. They in realty don’t know much of what they are reporting one. The Economy is in bad shape, but this is normal part of the economy, it happens every 7 to 10 years, the last one was in 2000 and so this one is simply right on time. It will turn around once again before you know it and things will be looking up again. You just need to hunker down and whether the passing storm.
Same thing can be said for you not finding a job, because business are not doing well they are tightening their belts and aren’t hiring new people. But like before the economic weather will change soon enough and you will find the job you are looking for.
There is reason for you to be worried of course now is a time to pair down your spending and make do with less. But its not a time for hopelessness because other side is in fact in sight you just need to hold on till it gets here. I guaranty it is coming and I would venture to say soon then you think.
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Have you considered a telecommute job? You can apply for freelance writing, bookkeeping, software, transcription, online tuition or customer service work at home jobs. These companies do not require any fee and pay well . List of companies(with websites) offering genuine work at home jobs is available at http://www.pcworkathome.net . Many of these companies have been in business for several years
Thanks, I do some of that at guru.com. I know several people who have been successful there so I am trying that. My sister’s friend makes 60 000/ year there!
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Let me ask you a couple of questions to see if we can come up with some different ideas. First, neku; have you actually fed yourself on the income from the pcworkathome? It may be a waste of valuable time. what type of business does your husband have and do you have to stay in MB?
Yes, I have to stay in MB. My family is here and I really like it here. My child is in school. We own a home, or a mortgage anyway. I think moving now would not be the thing to do.
Da⌐11 -> Thanks. Those are encouraging words.
I don’t know what your beliefs are, but prayer always works. Trust that God has your life in His hands and taking care of you. Tell Him everything that’s on your mind and don’t hold back. Speaking to Him about all your problems and maybe having a good cry will always make you feel better. It may not be an instant solution but it does give you a sense of hope. Remember that God doesn’t give you anything that you can’t handle. Pray about it.
Thanks. I believe in God. That means a lot to me. It is just so confusing when I pray and it seems like nothing good is happening.
Cell, it sound like you are truly a giving, caring person. I am sorry that you are facing so much discouragement right now. I am not sure what advice to add to the already good advice given here, but I want to add my voice to the general chorus of encouragement.
I hope that you are already seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
I hope so too. I spent about 11 hours in bed today. I feel so tired all the time. I feel like there’s no reason to get up.
Wow, that could be depression, fatigue from the pregnancy or perhaps hormonal/thyroid issues. ( or a combination of the three) What did the doc say the last time you visited? did you get a clean bill of health?
He was so tired he bumped into the door on the way out. He’s old too. I think he could have missed something.
Oh my! :-s Well, hopefully he didn’t miss anything serious. I wonder if you could try to talk to a pharmacist. Sometimes they can do a hormone check that involves only a saliva sample. That might help…
Maybe it is just your body letting you know you need to get extra rest… I’ll hope and pray that with you, Cell. Take care.
…soeaking of sleep, I had better go get some…
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