[Military_wyf]

I have tried to hold a job and its a no go. I can't deal with crowds and people. I have not worked I believe since 2013. I cannot even remember but that was short lived working in retail. I am at the point now where I am waiting on a hearing from social security to receive disability. When was the last time you worked???

[kaliope]

i am fortunate that i have ptsd with dissociation. so despite being agoraphobic, i have my safe zones, home, care, work. when i go to work, i bring in another part of me to handle that job and am able to function. people dont understand why it is i am able to talk to people at work, but i am too afraid to go to the grocery store and take out my trash and check my mail. i havent done laundry for two months either but i need to cause i am out of underwear. i just keep buying more. in fact, i am going shopping today and i may buy more rather face the idea of going to do laundry. the idea of running into someone and having to say hello is just to scary for me and it is awkward to ignore them.

[CosmicRose]

I also had a short lived job in retail a few years ago, then I went onto volunteering which was a little better but I still didn't like it. My last job was an at-home job where I still had to deal with people but it was sort of at a distance. I haven't had a full time public job in years and I'm looking for full time work right now, I'm going through the application and hiring process for a couple jobs right now so its only a matter of time before I start working full time. I'm scared and question my ability to stick with it but I have no choice. The only thing I can do is take it one day at a time. One stressful situation at a time, slowly. I've been so busy lately that I've noticed my anxiety has gone down because I'm constantly going from place to place so my mind can't linger on any particular stressful event for very long before it ends and I move onto the next one. I hope my anxiety continues to improve from doing this.