As a woman in her early 50's that has to start working soon I have plenty of fears about not being 'hire-able'. Part of me says "No way, It'll be fine". The other part isn't so sure. And that is compounded by a brother of mine saying to me "What? You're going to work? Doing what? Who would hire you?". Thank you for that. Of course internalizing that is a WHOLE other story and obviously on me to refute. But a little encouragement would have been nice....or just "Oh ok. Good luck with that". Ha!
You are so right Bimini....too young to be old, too old to be young. Could this be the 'tweens of the latter years? Oh god I'm an 8th grader again.
The depression seems separate. I mean, obviously when our job sucks that is depressing. But depression, as in clinical, is different. Maybe keep an open mind with the therapist? Might actually help with the job prospects over time.