Are you in full time employment. If you are what do you attribute your success to. What is you role if you dont mind me askn
No i do a Part time volunteer job. Not sure how I’d handle a full time job. Although money would give me more motivation, it still wouldn’t be enough.
I’m a full time student, this coming semester I will be working extra hours in a research lab. Im a psychology major and I am doing clinical research in psychotherapy, will be writing a thesis as an undergrad as part of the honors program at my university.
I attribute my success to strong insight, lots of self education about the illness, therapy, formal education, and last but certainly not least, medication. I also am rather ballsy in lack of a better adjective, I was planning on joining the military before my onset happened…You have probably heard my story on here before, I was a military kid, I wanted to do Navy ROTC and be an officer in the SEALs. I was very physically fit, it was intense. I was training in hand to hand combat, formally, and I was very good at it. I was at an international high school and had a 3.9.
My motivations for wanting to join the military were not okay, in retrospect- they were tainted by trauma and relatively mild yet pathological level psychopathic tendencies. I learned all of this when I was evaluated.
I am employed rather full time… flex schedule and it has some seasonal flexibility to it. I’m a gardener/ landscape maintenance (grounds keeper)
In summer I’ve had some 10 hour days. Or I’ll be needed six days in a week.
In the dead of winter I’ve had many days off. I’m in school so I can get some horticulture behind me so I can transfer to the green houses.
But I guess what helps me manage this job is the fact that many times… I’m on my own out in the parks… I get a list of what needs to be done… then I’m sent on my way to do it.
If I am with other people it’s very task oriented. It’s either ivy removal, helping with the community gardens… trail maintenance… its not in a cubical with lots of people… it’s not high stress work. It’s just stuff that needs to be done.
I work full time in a lab since it is what I always wanted to do once I was 18. I had several lab jobs and was good at it and like what I do. That is the key.
I actually need to work since it helps keep my mind focused and they pay me even though I would do it for free.
Next Sunday will be my first day at work on full time basis. I will work at a group of companies that employs 15000 plus. I will do operational analysis and as part of my duty I will do frequent visits to 34 warehousing facilities to evaluate the processes and train people. I will also do financial analysis reporting directly to the head of warehouses. It is rather a very demanding job that pais fairly well. Add to that I will be moving out from my home country and live in a complete new environment with new culture and traditions. I worked previously also at 3 different company’s and I can attribute my passion to getting busy as it contributes vastly to my wellbeing. I had 3 years previous working experience which helps me with office politics and regulations. It helps my thinking disorder and I recommend that every one associated with this disease he go out and search for employment. Say it part time even. “It may be the best thing for us” quoting @mortimermouse . If you are intending on that keep it up you will soon rejoice some quality time plus the financial independence and improved self esteem.
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Yep, I would go batty if I didn’t have things to do. I get stir crazy when I’m alone. I scored 100% for extroversion on the MBTI so that’s a personality factor that is confounding when looking to say the illness is the cause- most of us are introverted.
Like last summer I joined a competitive lifting team because I couldn’t stand just working out alone and then seeing my friends on the weekends, I needed social interaction. Before that I had a gym buddy but he quit lifting as much so now I just see him on the weekends mostly.
I think being a part of society, having an occupation is the best thing for us. I tried being asocial and cutting class, it was not a pleasant time at all. Being in class and in the gym and actually making an effort to be friendly is better for me. I can’t speak for everyone, but I can speak from personal experience. I sort of pathologize introversion, I don’t know why I tend to do that. I probably just associate introversion with my illness- before medication I was introverted. When I get episodes, I get introveted to a degree, it depends on the severity of the episode. Full blown episodes make me a different person. They’re ugly.
I always say that occupations are the best thing for us. I know that very much time alone with my brain is not always good unless I actually earned a break. Even during breaks, I stay occupied as much as I can, I socialize as much as I can. I hate sitting and doing nothing all day unless I worked hard for a week before. Drives me nuts. Well, nuttier, I’ve been nuts for a long time.
i wouldnt say i am full time, but i have a full time income.
I could still work everyday if needed though I just choose not to do so.
This disease has wrecked my ability to interact with people. I’ve tried working and it’s really ■■■■■■■stressful. My ■■■■seems to be going into remission though so maybe in a year or so I’ll be good to go. I was working full time for jimmy johns up until it drove me crazy.
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