I'm scared to look. The though of sitting down at my computer, typing in keywords in job search engines, company job boards, job placement companies terrifies me. I shake, start sweating and hyperventilate and my thoughts start to race.
Then the self defeating voice starts up, nope you'll never get another decent job, you're too old, too long out of the specific field, your resume stinks, you're this, that and everything else.

I need some encouragement, some techniques, positive reinforcement. I live alone, work from home at a lousy and stressful customer service, tech troubleshooting job and find it a little difficult to open up to people after being at home and working like this for too long now. My family is in Europe, my kids are grown and have their own lives to live.

I have one good friend and don't want to burden her too much with my needs as she has things going on in her life, too.

So, any kind words and good suggestions, ideas resources will be appreciated immensely.