I'm not sure if therapy would help!?!

it turns out that antidepressants are placebo treatment anyway - the drug companies manipulated their studies and data to make it LOOK like their pills work, then didn't publish the 80% of studies they did that showed no benefit over placebo. google antidepressants placebo kirsch for one researcher's results about this, and his results have been confirmed by many others now. even consumer reports and aarp are putting this information out there.

i have always been grateful for the therapy I have gotten. go ahead and feel weird, but just go anyhow. most therapists are nice people who want to help, but there are a few out there who have issues worse than you do, and after awhile you will figure out if you have one of those. then change therapists if that happens to you. i think therapy helps.

practical coping skills that have helped me include forcing myself to exercise, using a light box, getting more time with friends or family and distracting myself with books, playing cards, watching movies etc. when I am down.

abuse when you were a child could be one culprit- it seems that as you get older there is more stress, becuase now you have to have a job and get an apartment and make your car payments or student loan payments etc. and so with the extra pressure, the crap you never dealt with from your childhood starts making you have breakdowns. so learning to deal with stress can help you - exercise, meditation, distractions - all these things are stress management techniques.

consider getting a light box- it could be seasonal affective disorder.

also many meds can cause depression - acne meds, birth control, cold medicine, benadryl, blood pressure meds, adderall etc. hypothyroidism is a depression mimic - was your thyroid checked?

all the best to you. I really feel that meds CAUSED my disability to be permanent - I was a geophysics PhD student until I took prozac, and it seriously messed me up, caused severe mania and put me in the hospital for 3 weeks and I was never the same. It is 15 years later and i'm still disabled, but got off all meds 10 months ago and there was a lot of improvement. so imo, meds are NOT the answer. my brother got disabled right after taking ssri's also. could be a cooincidence, but maybe not.

i really think therapy is a good idea!

PS I wonder if you could have a sleep disorder, such as sleep apnea. even with severe depression, it's not normal to fall asleep in an interview.

I'm not going to lie. Therapy might help, but its up to you if it will. If you go in there with the thought that this is going to blow, or its not going to work. Then it wont. Go in there with an open mind. Oh and don't get jealous because other girls have boyfriends, they're not all they're cracked up to be.

Isn't it normal to get job training and apply for a job facing huge commitment?

I personaly have been terrified in such situations.

Are you liking your co-workers? How is the stress of handling the kids? Do you feel that your schooling gave you enough prep for your job?
Is there another thing class or training that would make things easier?

a therapist is just a counselor, a person that offers advice on different techniques you could use to guide you in the right direction. The counselor might say meditate and do yoga. Might teach you about incorrect thinking that causes self sabbatoge. Might tell you to do positive affirmations.
They are only a helping hand.