I feel like my world is slowly falling apart-one bad thing after another, and I don't know how to deal with it?

Thank for trying to help me.





Here's my background info: I'm 34, I live with my parents, no wife or kids, have a part-time job, and have 2,000 in credit card debt that I'm trying to pay off within the next two months.





O.K., here's what's been going on in my life:


Everything was going fine until about two months ago. Some unexpected expenses had to be paid, and the only money I had to pay with were my credit cards. The debt has been slowly increasing. Then, just as I started a new job that I got last month, some moderate anxiety/depression/quasi-panic attack symptoms began appearing. Since then, I've become increasingly paranoid about most everything. My sleep is awful now, which intensifies my anxiety during the day.





Then, I went to my dentist to have a simple chipped molar bonded. She insisted upon filling the tooth, and during the procedure she ground too much off of my lower-left molars, which has caused my teeth to not fit correctly. As a result, I have been having severe TMJ (TMD) jaw and facial pain, and I cannot eat many of the things I did a mere few weeks ago. I recently went back to the dentist because the pain was so bad, and told her that I needed to have an adjustment made on the teeth, and that I suspected that the misalignment was causing the symptoms of TMJ and the facial pain. This dentist said that there was nothing that could be done, and that she didn't see anything wrong. However, when the dentist had me bite down on the colored paper in order to see where the teeth were hitting one another, the upper and lower teeth were not touching where I suspect she ground too much during the procedure. I was given a prescription for Soma and Vicoden, and told


that I could be referred to one of the dentist's colleagues for a second evaluation.





Distraught, I took the advice of my former orthodontist, went back to the dentist to request an adjustment on my teeth, and after getting nowhere with the dentist who botched the work, I went to a lawyer who represented me several years ago. After telling him about the pain that I have been in and how the dentist screwed up, he then casually mentions that one of his best friends is the spouse of this dentist, and that my chances of winning such a lawsuit were not very good simply because the burden of proof would be too high, and that the legal fees for such a case would be too expensive.





So now my damn teeth no longer feel right and my jaw hurts, and it appears that i have screwed up by going to the wrong lawyer!





I feel anxious and uncomfortable all of the time. I can't see how I can continue feeling like this anymore. Could you please offer me some advice. I don't know how to deal with it, and have prayed about it so many times. I do not know what else to do, and feel like I am losing my sanity.





I know that numerous people, especially strangers, have been looking at me like I am crazy lately. They look at me like I'm a freak. All of this is driving me crazy. I wish that none of this crap was happening to me right now - - that I could simply turn back the clock four months ago, and start over again.





All the best.|||Ok, well this type of pain could easily drive you crazy. My advice is get a second opinion for the dental work and the legals. You can't live with pain like this and popping pills isn't the answer. Get the tooth fixed by someone else and find other legal advice.





Regarding the credit card debt, make a realistic time frame for yourself and make it possible to pay in easy installments for yourself and stick with it. You don't need the pressure on yourself to fix this in a short time span. Everyone has some sort of credit at certain times, the trick is to use it when you need it and pay it off at a level that suits you.





We all go through ups and downs, and we are good survivors if we manage to ride out the bad times without it giving us too much stress. Just think about this as a temporary stage and that helps to get it in perspective.





Make a time-scaled list to help you, and I would suggest getting rid of the pain would be at the top. Also sleepless nights will be stressing you out and will make it hard for you to think things through and come out with conclusions. Stress and pain are hard to deal with so please don't beat yourself up.|||I understand that you are going through a lot but I believe that in life we got the experience good and bad things. Money will come when you need it right now you are tested of your faith. Think positive there is no time to sit around to be thinking about the negative in life life is too short for that try and make the use of it.|||when i feel bad i turn up the music really loud and dance but that would weird for you since you live with your parents and your 34|||Once for about 20 minutes or longer clear your mind and look at one thing not concentrating on it but just looking at it or follow your heartbeat this helped me A lot in my depression











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