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Originally Posted by SarahSweden
Then, as you describe it, it means that some needs are acceptable to talk about but not others in this context of getting employment.
To me, my life and my job/future job goes hand in hand and what goes on in my private life also affects how I feel and what I need in a workplace. It´s not that I have a set of feelings when going to work and another set of feelings when I´m at home.
My unemployment doesn´t come from needing things like more breaks during a day or a special desk which I of course understand is what other people might need. My needs are much more connected to relations in a workplace and that´s something different from those exemples you give.
Again, I can´t leave some things at home just to fit into a certain program, then I would have to lie when my social worker asks me how I´m feeling for example. My private life and how my days are affects my meetings very much and also affects what job I´m able to take. To me, those things are intertwined.
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I couldn’t possibly provide you with every example that I encounter on a daily basis. Most certainly plenty of people I encounter have hard time with employment due to mental health issues, anxiety, depression, inability to connect to others etc etc I can give you 1000s of examples. It’s just not possible to describe everything on here.
If it’s perfectly acceptable to tell your social worker that your anxiety or other mental health issues make it hard to work in a large office or getting along with people. It’s perfectly acceptable to request for her to find you a job either from home or in a small office. Such requests are perfectly fine. If she refuses to accommodate your needs, you are within your rights to be mad and complain to her supervisor .
Now if you want to talk about your feelings about things, you could. But it might not lead to much of anything.
There is zero reasons to lie when asked how you are feeling. You could tell her how you feel but she’s not likely to engage in a lengthy conversation about your feelings. That’s what everybody is trying to tell you. It’s a wrong agency for discussion of feelings.
But I encourage you to tell her that certain jobs aren’t acceptable to you because how you feel about being around other people or other emotional or mental or any other issues that prevent you from working