stuck in a rut

LegacyUser

Since i got let go from my part time job in November, i am feeling so depressed im not sleeping until 5 in the morning and then sleeping all day, i cannot get work anywhere i have loads of retail experience but i cant even get an interview, im just so down seems like there is no light at the end of the tunnel, all my friends have jobs and im just sitting at home all day wasting my life away, everyday is the same and i cannot go on like this anymore

Balaclava1991

First of all staying up late and then sleeping in is making things worse.
So tomorrow night go to bed at 11.30 and shut your eyes and go to sleep and set your alarm for 8.00 and get up have your breakfast and go for a walk.
Do this for a week or two weeks.
Maybe join your public library and get yourself a stack of books to read? If they have a book club why not join it and meet people with the same interests?
Take up drawing with a pencil and sheet of paper and try to create life like pictures maybe? Or write poetry? Or simply write down your life story and try to remember everything that ever happened to you and maybe you could write your own book?
Look up on the internet about other groups and societies you can join to keep yourself meeting people and keeping yourself going.
Maybe volunteer to do readings at mass or sing in a church choir?
After a few weeks of this you have cleared your head and you will be able to think.
First of all work on your CV.
Get a few CV preparation books and watch some of the guide videos on youtube and other sites about how to put a CV together and how to perform to your best at interviews. There's load of them.
Then work out what you are good at.
Focus on your strengths and think about what you could do other than retail.
Have you considered applying for internships or training courses or applying for night classes in computers or languages?
Have you considered heading abroad perhaps in London and renting some place cheap and living on savings or on a loan and looking for work over there?
You could get a job any job - waiting tables, driving a van, working in a take-away or a bar, loading and unloading in a warehouse, working in a supermarket etc and then look for a job that suits your education qualifications.
There are lots of Irish organisations you can get in touch with which find Irish people a place to life, put them in touch with job contacts and help you network so you don't feel lonely in the big bad world.
You will change your life but it will threatening and lonely at times but you eventually find work and meet friends and build a life.
Don't see this is threatening but see it as an opportunity.
There is a big bad world out there and you have go out and see it and live it.
Start first thing tomorrow with baby steps but simply getting a good nights sleep tomorrow night and then going for a walk in the morning to clear your head.
Your brain will start working and you will start moving and get back your mojo.
Best of luck.

thegreatgonzo

Balaclava has covered it all above but when I had bad insomnia a few years ago I started taking B vitamins which helped a lot combined with quitting smoking, drinking and getting up earlier. I was unemployed also so giving up the smokes was a way to take control over the parts of my life I could control. Starting some small projects that you can finish will help focus your mind and make you feel more positive, like the baby steps that Balaclava mentioned above.

dd972

I love being unemployed, no team leaders or bosses, no micromanagement or surveillance, 7-10 hours sleep most nights, no office or call centre soap opera full of lickarses and schmoozers.

Point I'm making OP is, unemployment is what you make it, learn a new language or an instrument, or as the previous poster said make out a list of books you want to get from the library, I look back and consider the hours I've spent working as wasting my life.