Roll Call 28

is it like a peer support specialist job?

My son went out on a temp job recently. He worked 5 hours in the concession stand for an event sponsored by an insurance company. By the end people were saying he looked tired, maybe he needed to eat something. In fact someone insisted he take a plate of food which really annoyed him, because he'd already been 'forced' to eat a plate of food. (My son has this thing where if you offer him food, he feels like he has to say 'yes' and he has to eat it. The words 'no, thank you' apparently aren't in his vocabulary. ) He doesn't really eat that much.

So, then they let him go 15 minutes early, and as he was leaving, they said, "You don't have to hurry off," which really confused him. Then they tried to make him go to the medical tent to be checked out. He started to go, but he knew he was fine, so finally he told them he was leaving and just left.

I'd love to know what he was doing that had them so concerned. Sometimes he's very odd in the way he interacts with people, very stiff, and he doesn't seem to be aware of it. And if he wasn't smiling and looking tired, they may have thought he was overheating in the concession stand.

He has a job interview for a peer support position in a couple of weeks. Everyone send good thoughts his way. I think he'd be a great peer support person. He just needs to make a good impression at the interview.

This is what my son is applying to do. He took a course and a test to be certified as a peer support specialist.

Yeah

Idk if when hiring they ask old employers about history of mental illness though

Good luck to him! I hope he gets the job

Sending good vibes to your son Costello! I wish him luck getting the job!

im pretty sure people interpret my face as in a bad mood. if im not smiling i tend to look like im frowning. i guess i have b_tch face. lol. im not constantly smiling so when im just doing my job it looks like im not feeling well. i get a lot of people saying i should smile. it gets on my nerves

Well my care coordinator recommended metal to cure my anxiousness. Now that's a cure I like. She said it could possibly be the medication doing this to me, but she doubted it because of the really low dose. Then she said it could be because I know I'm going to get yelled at tomorrow and that's going to raise anxiety levels as I find my grandma intimidating when she shouts.

Oh sorry---here realtively nice restaurants are the norm we don't have ton of chains so I forget....

How do you know that?

ugh i have to call my landlord. the pipe under my sink is leaking water when the faucet is on. i just noticed it when i was washing my dishes and my feet got wet. it was coming out of the cabinet onto the floor. also my doorknob is basically falling off the door of my front door. but i HATE talking to my landlord. it makes me SOOOO nervous. she makes me nervous. she is a very serious all business lady. so she intimidates me. plus i get anxious when people that dont normally come to my apartment come in here and do stuff.

I know how you feel junk. I hate that too. Hopefully they can come fix both problems very quickly for you

I hope everyone is having a good day

Crescent - I'm already a week late with the depot and I'm not getting it tomorrow, so I'll be going.

Costello - hope your son gets the job.

Medical fox - good luck, hope you get the job.

Newtus: I hope you are doing okay. You are missed on Roll Call. Please check in when you can

Kureha: I wish you the best with your appointment

Thanks. Me too. He'd be so good at it. And he really needs some direction and purpose to his life right now.

I have the same problem. I always have a mad-frown face. I have to force myself to make positive facial gestures when I'm working. I think my look keeps people at a distance from me. I'm okay with that. But I think certain people at my work just think I'm a mad b_tch because I'm not overly bubbly like most of them are. That fake overly happy act they put on makes my stomach turn!

I seriously hate it when people say that to me. What business is it of theirs? I always want to say something back like, "My grandmother just died."

I wonder if men hear that as much. I think there's something about an unsmiling woman that makes people uncomfortable.

996 anyone feel like making a new roll call---hopefully a less contentious one than this has turned out to be

That's a great come back! I bet they'd back off then. I think women are expected to be "happy" and "smiling" all the time no matter what. I do wonder if men are ever told those things...

Let's finish it out at 1000 and then you make a new one!

And I hope and pray that there won't be anymore arguments. I think we should all respect each other's posts. We can always politely agree to disagree.

I agree!