((Elana05))
It sounds like you have had some pretty horrid experiences of work... what you describe sounds dehumanizing. I'm sorry that you went through that.

Looking around at some of my friends who have jobs that they love, it makes me think that work does not have to suck the life force out of us. My current job is definitely does... but I'm hanging on to hope that there is work to be done out there that is a good fit for me, that uses my natural abilities as well as my education. A job that energizes me, that I don't dread showing up to every day. I haven't found it yet, but this is what I wish for both of us.
May we both discern what such a job would look like for us, and may we both have the good luck to find it.
peace,
garden gal