Is it normal to be depressed over not being able to find a job?

I have been out of a real job for about two months now. I sell Avon and have a small job at a church on Sundays, but nothing to make much of a difference. Even though I wanted to leave the daycare, I was hoping to wait until I got another job. I have been looking for a year, and I have done everything...put in applications at probably a hundred places (some of them twice), sent a resume in, been on time for interviews, that kind of thing. I have had several interviews, but it's always other people who get picked. I always hear, "We'll give you a call" when they know very well that they're not going to. It seems like everybody else around me lucks up on getting a job like it's the easiest thing on Earth. I've become so desperate that I'm thinking about applying for fast food places, or Wal-Marts. Is it normal to feel this way? Am I just looking in the wrong places at the wrong time?

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  • EnergyShift

    I've been looking for a steady job since 2009 (3 years now) and I still can't find shit. I'm living with family in the dining room, and on food stamps just to survive and stay off the street. I can build and repair computers, but can't even land a job at WalMart. I try to make money by fixing computers from home, but nobody has money and they're all flakes. If I advertize like crazy (online, on light poles around my city, in parking lots, holding a big sign, handing out business cards), I can maybe pull in $200 in an entire month. Things are bad.

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  • TareBear20

    I didn't read you're entire story, but you're not alone. I'm sure there are hundreds, if not thousands miserable and unemployed. Thank Bush and Obama for that one..

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  • joybird

    If you like kids why not do babysitting for people, or mother's help?

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  • emilydoll

    Yes. I just got a job at WalMart. Do it.

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  • ygrowup

    Learn the ability to sell yourself to others, plenty of help online, don't get discouraged, little time has passed for you in a tight job market. Prove to a business how you can be beneficial to them!

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