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[quote=Anonymous]OP, to answer your question:
1. ask her to write down the things that ARE good in her life?

Does she have a nice home, can she pay her bills, can she buy herself occasional treats, is she healthy, does she have activities that she enjoys, does she have a good relationship with you etc. Tell her to look at that list every day and feel thankful for the things that are going well in her life.

2. Advise her to volunteer her time consistently for people who she wants to help. It's much harder to focus on how crappy feel if you are helping others who in some way have it harder than you.

3. Tell her that truly no one knows what the rest of her life will be. She might change something or might meet a mentor and her career can turn around and skyrocket. She might meet the most amazing man imaginable but not for another 10 years and if she attaches herself to the wrong man before then, she may never meet that amazing man.

The key is to keep working at living her life as best she can every day. She might not be living her best life now but as long as she is doing her best with the life circumstances she has now, she will feel happier which is more likely to attract friends and potential lovers more than feeling down will. Doing her best might include giving up one of her jobs or making another change in her life or just working hard as things are, with a more positive mindset.[/quote]

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