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Nov 25, 2023 at 09:30 PM
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Anyone else have a history of multiple jobs due to mental health issues?
How do you cope with that fact? Sent from my SM-A146U using Tapatalk |
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Nov 26, 2023 at 10:49 AM
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@DeeeSchmeee68 I am sorry you feel a challenge from having done multiple jobs.
For me it was a process of finding what I was good at. Jobs that I had no natural ability I did not last long. One reason I had trouble with so many jobs was it took me a long time to learn how to eat the foods that would give me energy and be able to focus the mind. I needed protein either vegetable or animal and I needed to find food that would make a good lunch. Fruit did not give me the energy I needed to make it through the day. I also needed to learn not to react to other people's tantrums,. insults and other unsolicited comments. If I could do that I could tolerate many working conditions. I look back at my diverse job experience and feel I did the best I could. I try not to judge having multiple types of jobs as a negative. It helped me get to where I am today. @CANDC __________________ Super Moderator Community Support Team "Things Take Time" |
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Nov 26, 2023 at 11:33 AM
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"I also needed to learn not to react to other people's tantrums,. insults and other unsolicited comments. If I could do that I could tolerate many working conditions"
This right here is what I struggle with. Triggers my c-ptsd Sent from my SM-A146U using Tapatalk |
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Nov 29, 2023 at 12:14 PM
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@DeeeSchmeee68 oh no that sounds something very rough to go through.
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Nov 30, 2023 at 10:25 AM
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Right now I'm using distress tolerance, radical acceptance and some stoicism
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Nov 30, 2023 at 10:55 AM
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Makes it easier to get disability if youve been fired from every job youve ever had. See every cloud has a silver lining. Right.
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Nov 30, 2023 at 11:49 AM
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Yup. I've had like 10 jobs (only 27) none ever lasting more than six months some as short as two days before being fired. I'm on disability now and I try to make a little extra money writing and playing keys/guitar/harmonica (and other random stuff like dog walking and snow shoveling) but it does not amount to much seeing as I write like one book a year that makes around $50 (thanks Amazon for stealing all my money) and I haven't been able to really do anything else in a while due to health issues (physical and mental).
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Dec 02, 2023 at 07:46 PM
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I (unfortunately) have never really been fired.
I was hired on the spot! As a customer service representative for a furniture store. Should I give my 2 weeks in person? Or email? I feel like email is better because then there is a record Sent from my SM-A146U using Tapatalk |
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Dec 04, 2023 at 12:34 AM
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Of course you would give a resignation notice via email and not in person.
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Dec 04, 2023 at 04:33 PM
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