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Originally Posted by costello
Dang, dang, dang!
He called them with his lie about needing parttime work, and they said he might be able to work at that job parttime. Shoot! We didn't plan for that. 
He said he thought it would be too much anyway. He's waiting to hear back about whether they want two weeks notice.
And you know what he said? He feels bad for quitting when people said he was doing a good job and everyone was being so nice about trying to help him!
Ugh! Sometimes it feels like he's just determined to be unhappy. He's unhappy working there. He's unhappy quitting. He sets up these lose-lose situations in his mind. No matter which way he jumps, he's miserable.  |
This all revolves around his self esteem. He doesn't think he's doing a good job even though others think otherwise and he feels bad for quitting because he is letting other people down. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't (lose-lose) situation. I don't know how your son can break this cycle other than him getting into therapy on a more frequent basis to work on his self esteem. There's only so much you can do, costello. Your son has to do the work in improving himself and that starts with therapy.