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Do you all have stable jobs?

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Yes. I used to work full-time in vocational rehabilitation. Now I work part-time at that job and I do a part-time internship for my graduate degree as a therapist at an inpatient psychiatric hospital. I have worked at my paying job for almost 2 and a half years.
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Do you cycle jobs frequently?

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When I was younger I used to cycle jobs constantly.
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Does your employer know about your condition?

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Yes, both my paying job and my internship supervisor know about my illness. Unfortunately, it looks like I am going to be a taking three weeks off from my paying job because of a depressive episode that is (still) not responding to medication. It will be the first time I have ever had to do something like that. I will continue my internship. Since I work in the field of mental health I choose to be extremely open with the nature of my illness. I choose to embrace the firsthand knowledge that I have so that I can educate my peers and colleagues.
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What does your employer think of your condition?

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Like I stated above-- I an open about it and they are extremely accepting of it. They ask the questions they want to know-- about medication, about the illness, etc. and I am able to educate them. That's how people should be learning. I think it's great and I'm not the least bit ashamed.
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What do you do for a living? (If you don't mind saying)

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As I said above, I work 3 days per week as an intake coordinator for a mental health program. Then I work 2 days per week as a therapist in an inpatient hospital on various units. And then I go to school 2 nights per week. I graduate in May!!

I appreciate this thread. I liked reading the responses.