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Depressed with my situation, later 50s

Depressed with my situation, later 50s

Hi there people thx for having me. 1st post so l this is an ok place for depression as l couldn't find a depression section.

lt seems to me crazy especially at this stage but l'm just so damn stuck about my situation and just can not seem to be able to come up with a decision on what to do with it.

l didn't do well getting rid of my house but l did still also have a block of land in a small town. My ex and l bought it yrs back it was just suppose to be an investment but now because of the way things went with my house, it's looking like the best solution from here would be to just build something on the block. There's no debt on the block at all now and l do have small savings left that l could build a simple house with so financially it'd be ideal as l'd have no debt or mortgage.

Problem is a few things.

1stly, although l moved to regional area awhile back now, l grew up in the city but the town here at the block is tiny, no shops just a pub. Nearest decent town is 45k away.

The block does have a small cabin on it and l;ve been staying 6mths now supposedly figuring out whether l wanna build on it of not.

lt is a pretty block and spot and l'd have no debt if l just stayed here, where as not only don't l feel up to moving any more but l can't afford to now or to take on a new mortgage either after the house loss but somewhere better would be much much dearer and there'd be no way without one.

Trouble is, the town depresses the hell out of me especially at night every night l just sink again even if the day hasn't been too bad, sometimes even quite nice. Night comes round and down l go.

lt's just so damn small and away and at night there's just nothing except house lights on, that's it.

l mean if l had a choice l wouldn't choice to settle here never bought it back when for that at all, it's just the best solution though all round for sure. All round except that l just get so damn depressed out here.

So 6mths and l'm still absolutely nowhere about building something so l'm still just in the little cabin. Trouble with just doing it is, that if this went on and l just hated it here, l might not even be able to sell it and get my money back anyway and it still leaves the same problems above, with going somewhere better anyway.

lt's mad but l don't think l've ever been so stuck in my life.

Best to all.

mr

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Re: Depressed with my situation, later 50s

take it easy @mrmista was talking myself into job saw , now talked myself out of it again lol

bed soon

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Re: Depressed with my situation, later 50s

@TAB ahh, what's a job saw btw ?

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Re: Depressed with my situation, later 50s

..job I saw? Tech studies helper 2 days /wk I could stay on dole @mrmista

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Re: Depressed with my situation, later 50s

What a classic, add a letter and it all makes sense 🤣😂

Well at least you talked urself out of it anyway, that's the spirit. 😂

@TAB

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Haha @mrmista

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@TAB , don't know if this is working , none of the @ names are coming up but anyway. How's everyone doing ?

Same old circles here, feeling a bit queezy about it all tbh.

Probably due to have my head read .

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Re: Depressed with my situation, later 50s

@TAB @Glisten @everyone- anyone, those are the only two that came up.

Anyway, just testing here as they seem to be getting on top of things. Think some replies in this one are either jumbled or just missing now but not to worry. lf anyone drops in say howdy and we see what comes up.

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Re: Depressed with my situation, later 50s

Well that looks like it's worked.

How's everyone been going anyway ? Dropped in for a bit of a look around but wasn't worth trying to post anything earlier.

Weird how the site still looks exactly the same after all that.

Things here , ups and downs, ons and offs. Went over to the new areas l was thinking about- when this place was supposedly sold, spent a mth over there feeling things out- then this sale fell through and so l've been back here 3wks or so now, doing some jobs and was gonna go for a 2nd try selling.

Butttt, after all my running about, been 18mths now, that sale falling through, almost bout ready to throw in the towel just build here and be done with it.

Not only but my main town is a better town than the others after spending time over there around them, plus mine here has beaches and great kayaking, even if it is 50k away so that's all been on my mind too, bc they're inland.

Bloody trade offs, if this place sold yeah l could move over to there and be closer to main town but any coast is hrs away - totally different towns to a coastal town.

ldk, all bs l've been trying to weigh up since back.

Hope everyone's been ok.

mr

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