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Well, I can truthfully tell you, I have been in similar situations.
Luckily, I don't generally get that depressed anymore. Outside of religion, you can try various amino acids, and all. That might help, but should be tailored to your needs.

Contrary to what a lot of %^&*( say today, being a software developer is not something you can just jump into. And you USED to be able to pick as few as ONE tiny package and just start, and use it for a few decades! NOW, that is virtually a pipedream. Hopefully you have recent experience with some stack or ecosystem that is popular today. Also, it gets harder to get a job as the months fly by.

COBOL WAS the go to language for business. It even had isam and a lot of built in processing you would need.
Today COBOL is not NEARLY as popular, and a lot of languages don't even have ISAM! So most companies want someone that knows SQL also! And 1999 SQL still isn't widely supported, so they often prefer a dialect or BRAND, like PLSQL. SQL is LIKE isam, and basically has an ISAM backend, but it looks like a language and that allows it to be program agnostic, and work over networks in multiuser environments.

If you DO have the experience, etc.... there are sites like Monster, and DICE, that can help you find a nice job. Even Linkedin can help.

Contracting is my fall back. Always leads me to something. Are you are already volunteering and working gig or part-time jobs? I do that and although they are unrelated to my field they often lead to something. These things help build or maintain some momentum. Many of us tend to get jobs b/c people know what we can do so being ou there in some way, any way, is good.

That is good to hear. On any good day I try to think if there's anything I did that got me there. A lot of times it is just random though.