I’ve just been looking at job advertisements. I don’t think I can do it. I’m on benefits for my mental illness so it’s OK at the moment. I just find life really difficult. Can you work or can’t you?
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I think I can work a light part time job.
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I can’t work because of my inappropriateness. My judgement and cognitive skills are also very poor. I doubt that I would be able to do anything of any benefit to an employer. Unless it was something very simple like as a maid, or a janitor, or a nurse’s aide, or a kitchen aide, or something along those lines. I tried my hand at door to door sales recently. I did fair at that. But I can’t drive so, getting to work would be impossible.
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I can’t work. My concentration attention span low stress tolerance the amount of sleep I need…
Nah its too overwhelming
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I can to an extent. I don’t last very long and then I’m back looking again it’s frustrating.
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I wanyiiiwantt to I want to work but I can’t seem to be able complete simple task
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It took me several tries at trying to still be an architect but I failed miserably every time and became suicidal…that happened twice in attempts…it devastates me. no I can’t work…plus I have no concentration too.
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Not right now. This is the longest I’ve been off work. It’s been about 4 1/2 years I guess. The most it was before was 2 years. I’m breaking records here. I’ve been thinking a lot about work lately. I’ve always done really well at work and I have a lot of self-esteem wrapped up in being able to work and do a good job. My self-esteem definitely takes a hit staying home. So I feel myself sort of gearing up to go back into the workforce. I don’t know how long it might take though, could be six months, could be a year. We’ll see, it feels inevitable though.
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I would love to and I have ideas but the reality of depression and being kept awake with voices and visuals tend to give me pause. I’ve been out of work for eight years so not sure now.
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I can work. But not mental work like secretary. I can do physical work and only 3 hours a day.
idk, i’ve been applying for small jobs, i do a little to make some money like letting people stay and i made £15 last week for cutting my neighbours garden 
feel really good about that it took 1.5 hrs and i had about 5 or six 5 minute breaks throughout it made me pretty anxious but i still did it
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I am currently on disability now. I want to work, but I am just afraid of the stress and the people. I need a job where I can work alone and at my own pace, like a part-time janitor or something. It’s embarrassing when family visits from a far and like they ask me what I do for work and I have to tell them I don’t work. They think I am lazy, but that’s not the case my sz is the reason why I have been out of work for 7 years now.
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i dont want to risk losing my benefits. also i can’t maintain focus well or interact well with strangers.
I want to try to volunteer in the next few weeks. This is the first step to finding out if I can work with the Sza and my chronic physical health issues.
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I’d be able to work if my head pressure and positive symptoms were under control.
I work, have no other choice but to do so. I have no one to take care of me, so it’s either work or be homeless. Medication keeps my positive symptoms mostly in check, and I am able to battle through my negatives, usually. Occasionally I call off work, because I just can’t do it that day.
I teach part-time and normally work a part-time side job. Right now I’m just teaching four days/week, though only 3 contact hours per day. I put more than 12 hours/week into my teaching, though, when you consider prep time and grading, not to mention the commute.
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I can work if I have to but it’s hard and I don’t really have to but I want to because I don’t have anything else to do. If I were rich I guess I would travel the world.
If you can dress yourself, pay your own bills, take care of personal hygiene, mow your lawn, prepare your meals, wash your dishes, clean your house, care for others or pets you can do some work. If someone else had to do these things for you then you probably can’t work.
I can’t nearly do what I used to be able to do though. Can’t handle the stress and don’t have the judgement and decision making ability I used to have. So it’s all relative. I guess that’s why I get disability.
I worked for 25 years in the education field.
I became symptomatic and could no longer work.
I am on disability now.
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I cant work and study…
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I can’t work but I’ve been doing it anyways for most of the past 38 years with schizophrenia.
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