Evening folks. I'm curious to hear how people are keeping their bpism in check during work hours. I have been mulling over my work history and now see much more of a checkered performance record, really just in the last 4-5 yrs. In that period, there were three good jobs that didn't last more than a month. They were all potentially permanent, decent-paying jobs, two of which were challenging, interesting and represented in many ways a departure from my normal work (fishing). The last of these resulted in what can only be described as a breakdown. Community organizing-too many faces, too many damned horror stories (health care-related). Volunteered for 1.5 months while on vacation then got hired to replace the guy I shadowed. Working alone and with lots of new responsibilities and deadlines, I was a damned mess inside of a week. I nearly broke down at a monthly meeting for all employees. From there, I literally shut down and had to give up the job. Fishing seems to be the only job I can do sanely. It's just me in the wheelhouse and hauling and setting gear is all I'm responsible for. I guess it's the limited interaction with other people but I don't know for sure how I'm able to keep doing it-and doing it without drugs or alcohol. As a rule, I come home bound and determined to finish my house, write my novel, learn another language, etc. etc. (the impulsiveness borders on insane). What actually happens is that I might get two or three good weeks in and then I'm back to square one, snared in one god-awful low after another until its time to get back to sea...So, I'd love to hear some feedback about your work experience, how you cope, or don't cope. And then what happens when you leave work and come home.Thanks.

[Moose72]

I can't help you. After this last week and the last 48 hours especially, I am going to quit my job. Its crazy how things went downhill from the stress of the job.

[BlackPup]

I'm not doing so well in my work at the moment... struggling to settle into my new job hope I can stick it out, we need the money. Can't seem to find a job that fits...
Have managed to stick it out and get my PhD.

[hsurp1]

Can't help. After 18 1/2 years with the same company, I had to leave for the 2nd time, for good, because my Disability coverage stopped after 2 years because my disability was a MENTAL disability. I would've been paid 70% (after paying back the company with Social Security I received and am still paying back) of my last salary until I was 65, had I been stricken with a physical disability. That not only makes me angry, but it KEEPS me ANGRY! These situations are not the disabled person's fault! However, I do have to say that my company still counted my disabled days and I get a full pension once I receive retirement age and I consider myself lucky. Sad that I am not equal to someone who physically hurts. Mental pain is just as bad.

[Detach]

Personally, I do home health nursing. I have one patient at a time, therefore it reduces the multitasking aspect. However, don't get me wrong it still has it's share of stressors. But I found that I could not work a nursing job with tons of muti-tasking from the time I arrived until the time I left- just can't do it anymore.

[dirt69juggalo]

For the most part I'm fine at work but I have been sent home a couple of times for being "too hyper" or " out of control"