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Old Feb 20, 2009, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by v214k View Post
I'm borderline with an anxiety disorder... I have never been able to keep a job for more then a year. I always feel like everyone hates me and when it hits the one year mark I can't do it anymore... I would get so uncomfortable or bored (I hate routine) with work that I would actually come up with lies like "I"m getting my tonsils removed" so I could take weeks off from work. That still wasn't enough sometimes so I would either quit and I sabotage myself in some way so I would get fired.
I started working from home where I am basically my own boss... I was having issues and didn't work for the past 5 days... but you know what? It didn't matter because I don't have a boss telling me what to do. I love that I am now able to to do this... although I still don't like my job very much... I can take a break from it without worrying about getting fired if I feel the need to do so.
Why is it exactly that you can't keep a job? What kinds of things do you do that keep getting you fired?
I can relate to every story that I read in these threads! So I'm not crazy and alone (sorry to use that word) after all. I can relate to you because I too can not stand monotonous and routine (boring) job environments as well. I would make any excuse in the book to quit or be fired too. I'm so excited that I'm not the only one who does this! I would complain and make up lies so I didn't have to work an entire shift. When I was pregnant 9 years ago, I would use the excuse that my back hurt, so I could leave early or quit. It wasn't till 2005 that I was diagnosed with Bipolar, Borderline personality disorder and ADD! My husband is so fed up and stressed out, because we really need the extra income. And although I know this, I still can't bring myself to hold a job. May I ask what kind of stay at home job you do? Maybe I can do something like what you do to help bring in some extra income. Please share...