I'm in exactly the same spot...

Somehow our rent got $2100 behind when DF lost his job and everything else fell away in the same manner and here we are...
Our rent is always paid plus a bit to slowly catch up the arrears, we don't always have food in the house eg: I can't makea cuppa cause we can't buy any milk till next pay day.

Sometimes I look around when I'm on the computer trying to figure out what not to pay and I think... how the hell did this happen.
WE have worked out that even if I did work 3 days a week, after Child care petrol etc we would only get $80 a fortnight so there's not point...

I think though that most days I'm ok, I take joys in little things like making a cake or cookies, or getting myself a drink from the supermarket when I do the shopping and sitting down to enjoy it with DS.

You can't get used to this type of living, because it breeds stress, the best thing is to slowly work towards getting out of the situation and distracting yourself in the mean time...

Sorry I can't be much help, but you're not alone (I haven't had my haircut in 12 months)

Ella