But I keep applying, getting jobs and quitting… I feel like I should give up but something in me wants to keep going in hopes I will find something that I can actually stick to 
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That inner voice is probably right. Good luck finding your dream job @anon80629714 !
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It’s hard.
I don’t work and I do well. Working 40 hours a week in the grindstone on medications just isn’t me anymore!
I did a compromise years ago. I decided to help my parents out and live at home. It costs you a little in social function…can’t bring girls home etc but I don’t go out anyways!
I’d love to work but it’s beyond me at the moment. I do volunteer work for a cricket club. I do a couple of half days a week just mowing the oval on a ride on mower…a job made for the mentally ill. …left turn…left turn…left turn…
It’s a hard cop. I am on disability here and that keeps me going…it’s not a great life but it’s doable if your patient and don’t expect too much…It’s still a strech to work.
Kudos to you for trying. But if it’s hard …check out disablity…check out lo stressed jobs. Process work was good for me…repetitive work isn’t so bad!
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Dont give up. The next Job may be a keeper. Its líke a relationship. I have had plenty of short lived ones until i had met my wife and married her for 15 years now. Its líke you have to be ready and she too and share it. Similar with a Job. If you keep looking you will find. IF YOU DONT LOOK FOR IT, VERY LIKELY YOU DONT FIND IT EVEr.
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Have you ever looked into supported employment stuff? I think they assign a case worker to you and they do stuff to help you keep the job.
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I now have an employment support worker I’ve seen two times. Think she’s very helpful. I am in hopes that the next job will be better
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I’ve had tons of jobs over my life span, took most of it to find the right fit
If you really do not have to work then it is also a good time to do something freelance?
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I’m not sure what this means ? The main reason why I work is so I get some human contact … otherwise I’d be stuck at home the whole day … so although it makes me anxious … avoiding the situation and problem isn’t going to help me
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I’m assuming you mean set up my own business ?
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I mean if you are financially stable then you do not need to work. I meant you can focus on doing something you like maybe start a project or study something ?
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@MissMermaid, Ohhh lol I’m financially stable but only because I have my Mum who I live with and who supports me. If I didn’t I would be screwed
Depends then i guess if you need to support her too. Maybe she has a nice idea for you. I love working
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I still have £11000 to pay for my undergraduate course… that I completed In 2008… so I don’t think I can take on another course. But yes as hard as it is I do love working I feel like I’ve made an accomplishment
My god!!!
Hope you find a job =(
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Can probably be paid of in lump sum.
Normally once you start earning a certain amount it gets detected from your wages but I’ve not earned enough for it to start coming off my salary.
Plus after 25 years I don’t have to pay it back lol
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They say that if you do what you love you never have to work a day in your life. I think that if I wasn’t mentally ill I would have enjoyed being a journalist.
You could write a blog instead
Don’t give up on finding a job that suits! Work is really important for recovery.
I got my first job after being diagnosed when I was about 22 years old. I’ve had about 20 different jobs since then. Some I excelled at. Others I failed miserably. Some jobs I lasted a week at. Other jobs I lasted four years. I got fired from at least ten of them. Sometimes I just simply stopped going and I got a call saying don’t bother coming back.
I am confusing myself with my own story. But my main point is to say that failing at one job, does not have to be a never-ending pattern for your future jobs. I often got fired at a job after a month and then my next job I would last three years. I would be the best worker at a job and at my next job I would be the worst.
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