I mentioned along time ago that I did some volunteer work once a month to my counselor.well at least once a month my counselor asks if I found a place to volunteer yet.last session he said I should finally go volunteer or at least let him know I am looking for volunteer.he said his supervisor wants to make sure there is some progress with me regarding threapy.when I did volunteer it was 3 hours a month.he says I should volunteer to get out of the house & maybe make new friends.i am nervous if I go volunteer he will next say well u volunteerd so u can work & get off disability.i have depression, epilepsy & a learning disability for 30 plus years .i stay home alot & maybe he just wants to get out more.but I have had others push me into working.even telling me to take the first job to that comes along.jobs never work out for me ever.When I worked in the past a place that was supposed to help the disabled all they did was pressure people to work full time & pressure people into dealing with a lot of crap on the job.one place I worked they made me work outside In the heat all day & they knew I had seziures.they would not let me have water at the register but when others worked outside they where allowed bottled water.I had a nervous break down last time I worked.should I trust my counselor that he is not going to pressure me into working by saying I should volunteer just to get out of the house?
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