I have been feeling extremely down about my current state of my career. I know I am technically high functioning, but I was almost certainly sure to be a top 1%er before my schizoaffective, as I was already accepted into medical school straight out of high school. I got kicked out because of what they called weird behavior, and my grades. I was untreated for SzA/Depressive for 4 years. I would really like some perspective on this. I did graduate college after 5 years of classes after already coming in with 52 credit hours (nearly 2 years). So it essentially took me 5 years of classes to get a measly 2 years of credit hours.
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If you just graduated school, it sounds like a job is next.
I wouldn’t go taking a high paying job loaded with stress either. For best chances of success I would start slow…
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I got my bachelor’s degree in four and a half years and took a high paying, very high stress job (nursing), and ultimately failed in it down the road never to succeed in anything again due to my sza.
I finally have a job lined up after I graduate with a bachelors degree, but by the time everything is said and done I’ll have been trying to get one for 11 years. There was a three year period where I wasn’t really doing anything and I switched majors very close to the end of the first one but still it sucks. I was a high achiever before this and thought college would be easy and definitely could never possibly take more than six years tops. I was originally planning on becoming a doctor or physicians assistant or something. I had a 4.08 at my high school which is supposed to be definitely one of the harder schools to attend where I was growing up academically. Having been set back by schizophrenia honestly forced me to re evaluate why I was aiming to get rich and live the American dream. Now I still want the money but I plan to be more charitable with it after I get out of student debt.
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I get depressed. I wanted to make money. Seems like karma got the best of me. Sometimes, I feel like a failure because I’m disabled. My new diagnosis is bipolar. Maybe I have something else too? You sound smart and have potential OP.
I feel like I’m in a time loop and I’m trapped. The only thing is to move forward and try to be successful.
Have to lower your standards. Don’t look at life like a race against anyone, and be comfortable with less.
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I haven’t done ■■■■ since 2006. I wonder if this will be how it is for the rest of my life.
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i take a step back, evaluate the situation and come at it again.
if it still doesn’t work then i try another approach.
if it still isn’t working than i evaluate it again and work within my limitations and accept that i’m doing the best i can cause that’s all that i can do. the illness isn’t me, it’s just getting in the way of part of my life and as long as i doing to the best of my ability their is nothing more i can do.
progress, not perfection.
@Ranjeeth what you accomplished is nothing to sneeze at. you made goals and you kept to them. that’s a win in anyone’s book.
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i feel frustrated with my education. I always dreamed of getting at least a master’s degree and better yet from the university of Michigan in ann arbor which is one great school.
it never happened because of my sz. I cannot hack the difficult studies because of difficulty in concentrating for any length of time.
still, I deal with it by reading on my own when I can, sometimes darn difficult reading materials, and this way I feel better.
just thought I’d share.
hugs to you all, judy
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