Dear Cruzzie, to build on the great advice above, let me simply recommend the book Joyful Wisdom by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Not only does it include fantastic guidance on meditating, but his stories surrounding his own journey struggling with meditation will be a great help to you.

Also check him out on YouTube. ( He has many videos) He has a wonderful manner and his voice never fails to raise a smile, which in itself is a powerful tonic when we have had a bad day. You can find him here https://youtu.be/5GSeWdjyr1c

One small piece of advice from me. Whilst meditating try learn to simply be the observer of your thoughts and feelings.  With practise you can watch both good and bad thoughts and feelings come and go with some detachment. Eventually you see it’s just part of your brain generating all this nonsense and you can look on without any attachment. Eventually these thoughts and feelings just fade away into the background and your mind becomes a tool to be used when necessary, not something that needs to be going “blah blah blah” all day and taken so seriously.

Good luck