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Originally Posted by mycatsmokes
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.
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.
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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This is helpful. I suppose a large part of getting through this is in the delivery.
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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!
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.
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I defiantly don't want to give off the impression that I'm a self entitled millennial who thinks money grows on trees and work isn't necessary. My parents are much more involved and helpful than some and I do appreciate that and let them know on a regular basis.
I don't want to need help, I don't ask for help because you're right, they won't be around forever. If it can't be paid for in cash I do without. When I generate a bill I pay for it. Before I moved in with one of my sisters, I offered to pay them rent but they declined.
When I say "nagging" I mean that their advice is redundant and condescending. I am starting my own business based on my current skill set and I literally CANNOT work when I'm at their house (I can work from anywhere) because they are either taking credit for my ideas that work, not providing logical answers for specific things they claim to know the answers to, telling me that even when I push through my confidence issues and get paid work, I should be doing something totally different and try to micromanage my time.
As far as the jobs that they suggest, they have suggested jobs with a notoriously high turnover rate (i.e. I need to ignore red flags because they say so). They have even suggested that I take senior positions I am totally unqualified for..they have suggested that I apply for my sisters old job that requires 3 degrees and several certifications that would take me 10 years to get and thousands of dollars out of pocket. I don't
not listen to their advice to be a whiny brat, their intentions are good but their advice most of the time is just not informed. I spent my youth blindly listening to them at my own detriment. I will be more than glad to not be involved with them financially in any way.