Having a mental illness can cause a lot of difficulties at work. But not everything can be blamed on illness. I think you definitely need a reality check.
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Originally Posted by offthegrid
applying for jobs in general is annoying, time consuming and stressful.
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Yes, it is. Welcome to the real world. We are going through the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression. Applying for jobs now is tough, no matter if one is mentally healthy or not.
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Originally Posted by offthegrid
To the eyes of any future employer, it looks like I'm flakey and noncommittal. Basically I'm unemployable.
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Not if you lasted two years there. Just say that you decided to leave to look for a more challenging role, and that you think you found it in the job you are interviewing for.
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Originally Posted by offthegrid
My current health insurance coverage I have with my parents is running out this year. Therefore, I need to find a full-time job with decent health coverage. My parents keep letting me know how worried they are about this and it jet stresses me out even more. They want me to get a job. any job. That mentality is what got me at the last sucky job. I don't ever want to just take any and every job that comes along ever again. When I'm stressed I shut down so their nagging just has the opposite effect.
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Your parents have supported you via providing you with their health insurance and all you can say is that they are nagging you to get your own?? That sounds very, very ungrateful of you. Yes, they want you to get a job and yes, that job may be "sucky". Got news for you - food costs money. Insurance costs money. Sometimes you have to do unenjoyable jobs to be able to pay the bills and support yourself. Big deal!
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Originally Posted by offthegrid
I think I should just give up and live off of my parents' retirement.
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Oh dear. I don't think that. You have confidence issues, you're not good at networking. I can relate to that - I have social anxiety, avoidant personality disorder and clinical depression. But these don't give you the right to freeload off your parents. Sorry, but you need to think, for your own benefit, about self-reliance and what it means. Morally, and also practially, given that your parents will not be around forever.