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Re: Jobless. Anyone else » Rauter

Posted by yxibow on October 16, 2009, at 21:10:24

In reply to Jobless. Anyone else, posted by Rauter on October 14, 2009, at 23:20:04

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> Just posting this to know there are other psychiatric patients too like me. I have been jobless for the past six months and worst of all, I am suffering from depression and a significant lack of motivation.


You're definitely not the only one... its hard when you're ill, the lack of motivation sets in as you have said.


I suppose its harsh to say, but the motivation eventually is preservation of self... but you have to be open to work. And for some, like myself, its a multi-stage process.. there are so many layers of psychiatric, psychological, and possibly organic.

My last full job was in 2000. I worked briefly in 2007 but I won't go into that.

Therapy is important to get yourself back on track and a skilled psychologist can help you "heal" your resume, especially one who is experienced in being a "lifecoach" (yes that is a pop-psych term too, but there are caring therapists out there who are savvy at that.)


For me, besides my multiple co-morbid disorders, there's probably a real fear of working, because of what it means, moving on in life, so many things.


I miss the times that I was relatively independent in that I was living on my own. Especially college.


But I can't live in that past... I'm very nostalgic for that time... a lot of things started giving me a high (yes, I had dysthymia, I'm not trying to be rosy lensed), but meeting new friends, being able to express my sexuality (gay), etc... it was one of those periods where you could say that I didn't realize just how good it was until it passed.


(Which is why I encourage people to stay in school. But anyhow this is getting apart from the job discussion... although there is a tangent... namely if you haven't honed up on a skill or aren't interested in what you have been doing... if it is possible to invest in some sort of re-education, extension courses, etc... its something worth doing.)


Independent work, if you're capable of some degree of motivation, is something worth considering too, depending on your skill set.


And I do list my job-type as a specific type of independent consultant, whether I'm actually engaged in it now or not, it at least says something else to oneself that mental illness is not the only job description.


I know its very hard... believe me. Thinking about me makes me verklempt...


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