I've been there and there is a way out. patience and persistence are the key. #1 find a way to sustain. usually - that's living off your family. perhaps friends

I've been there and there is a way out. patience and persistence are the key. #1 find a way to sustain. usually - that's living off your family. perhaps friends, social institutions or whatnot. inform everyone - figure out how to postpone repaying debts, take the hit, declare bankruptcy, sell whatever stuff you are not using. you want a roof, some food, electricity and internet as cheaply and long as possible. and do all that as early as possible. next - fix the depression (really important - you gonna fail lots of applications just because you sound sad and unmotivated). usually unrelated stuff helps - e.g. learning chess is good at that, probably math too, healthy lifestyle (as long as it's cheap), music. DO NOT GIVE UP - spend at least 4 hours EVERY day combing the internet and applying to new positions. for MONTHS and YEARS if need be. it's a ridiculous mess - expect to be turned down a lot. the longer pause goes - more suspicious it looks to a potential employer (and people still live in weird fantasies of how IT industry is so fast paced that it changes every day). do NOT over-engineer the way you apply and act natural - actually landing a job only to get fired a month later feels even worse. strive to completely detach yourself from the job hunt emotionally. it's a somewhat proactive passive waiting game. FIND those people who actually need you.