Found A Therapist.

[Guest Zig]

So, after lots of searching, I've found a few therapists in the area, one of which looks very promising.

Great. Fantastic.

But, I can't even begin to dream of paying for it.

I don't have insurance, I don't have any money; I can't even pay the bills I already have. I've been working as much as physically possible, but between my inability to work long hours without self-destructing, and the fact that my BF and I share a car, there's really only so much we can do. I've picked up extra projects from my boss, like building little wooden crates, but I'm only getting 10 cents each for those. I'm working with my mom to do some craft shows coming up... but we're waiting on this and that. She wants me to help her get her current new business up and running, but I'm just so tired of working my butt off and not really getting paid for it. >.< I'm exhausted, and I think I'm getting sick, and I don't have anything to show for it. Even if I didn't want the face-to-face, real person counselling (which I do), I still wouldn't be able to afford the online version.

At first, things were looking okay because the laws had changed and the age I could be on my parents' insurance plan went up. Yay. Except, my stepdad's got military insurance and they do everything late, so he said "Don't count on it anytime soon," and my dad's got his insurance through my stepmom and hers won't take non-biological kids. That hurt. Really bad. Like, I was so close and then "HAHA! NOT!" No one in my family has any money. My mom's house is being foreclosed on, and my dad's... not doing much better. My sister usually loves to jump in and help out where she can, but she's in (if possible) even worse shape. She's on disability for her anxiety and depression so she can't work, and she married a completely useless slacker who can't keep a job to save their lives. That's a whole 'nother issue though.

I've been searching and searching online and running around in circles and still can't figure out whether it would even be worth it to try to get myself insured. I'm getting terribly frustrated and starting to feel like I'm never going to get anywhere... just like with the rest of my life.

I'm not giving up. I don't think I could even if I wanted to. I'm just feeling really hopeless right now. Any advice would be super handy.

~Zig