I don't know how to deal with this.

[GloomyFlight]

Hello I recently turned 25 and have been having trouble with getting my life on track. I've been dealing with anxiety and depression for since i was 15. I was a drop out and semi shut-in after stuff with school and received consoling from 18-21. I haven't been able to get a job and don't know what to do. I don't hold a driving licence I live in a country town we don't have a proper driving school and have been struggling to find any unskilled work. I recently completed a course with jobseeker program but even though I have completed the course I have not received a certification for it due to them having been audited. Apparently their parent company what doing dodgy paperwork which has resulted in everyone in the course having to come back and redo paperwork. I have been back to them 6 times over the last year trying to get the certification and have been told time after time that everything is finally done only to not receive the certification. I don't know what to do at this point. Its started to make me depressed and giving me anxiety.

[uncut_gems]

Hi GloomyFlight,

Welcome to the forums from a fellow 25 year-old! There seem to be a lot of us on here, maybe we ought to start a club...

I'm so sorry to hear that you're caught with limited mobility in a country town, and are struggling with your job prospects and what sounds like an absolute bureaucratic nightmare with the certificate... ugh! It's no surprise this is giving you anxiety.

Could you maybe say a little more about what you're into, hobbies, hopes, etc.? As a fellow twentysomething I know that it's such a weird, bad feeling of being adrift or lost at sea in young adulthood. Such a strange time of life, and it's so frustrating when we can't get things off the ground.

How did you go with counseling a few years back? Is it something you might consider coming back do while you look for a job?

Warmly,

Gems