The stress is getting to me.
oh darn it.
Can you tell them you need more from them to get by?
They have to accommodate the disabled.
If you’d rather not, then rest assure, there will be new beginning elsewhere.
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I don’t even want to tell them about my MI. I work 3 days but do a job that’s 5 days. I had enough
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Yeah, they know like 90 days is trial period, maybe they asked too much, it can be that way to a company that is always looking for the most profit. I have heard that Costco treats its employees well, maybe look into it??
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When I was a young adult having problems with life, my Dad would tell me to “try harder”. I was already trying incredibly hard!
Jayster
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I came home crying… and i don’t know if its hormones (on my period) but I had thoughts of killing myself even though I would not do it.
Maybe you should focus on your health/meds right now.
Can work wait for a while till you are feeling better?
I mean I had to leave my work life - I was too sick to go on
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Well you tried. Chalk it up to experience and maybe you can try another job. If you want to work and make money you may have to compromise on your ideals, your pride, and your principles and get a job in a department store stocking shelves or being a cashier. I’ve seen plenty of women doing these things. Hey, a job is a job, right. I have done unskilled, low paying, entry level, no experience needed, jobs my whole life for almost thirty years. I’m proud that I can work any job. I have been fired more times than I can count on my toes and I’ve quit at many jobs. But I have found other jobs and that’s why I have more than two hundred CD’s stacked behind me, a car (and gas for it), nice clothes, I new TV and this laptop.
If you need to quit than quit. Look at it like it’s not the end of your life, it’s just a temporary setback.
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i hope you are feeling better today 
take care 
What nick said is excellent advice, ive quit every job I’ve had probably because my disorder.
But I am currently working my first Labour intensive job in years and my mind turns on me and makes me want to quit because my supervisors and coworkers are so terrible which they aren’t actually they are the best people that i’ve ever worked with but my screwed up mind always does this to me.
Well for me im tired of quitting jobs and being broke so im going to soldier on as long as they can stand me,im the type that has a constant scowl that ruins people’s days sometimes.
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Don’t kill yourself, their is too much to live for!.
Can you step away from the stress, maybe lessen the amount of time you spend at work…like try half-time?
I know how you feel, I eventually had to quit a job I held for 3 years because I was under so much stress…my mind just snapped and I was having panic attacks every night, then expected to go to work the next day for a full 8 hours…and we were working 7 days a week at the time (which I was pretty much used to…) I finally had to evaluate my situation and put my mental health first by stepping away from the position…sometimes a job isn’t worth all that.
I really hope you haven’t reached the point of attempting suicide, every life matters, even you can’t feel it at the moment. If it’s that bad then I would highly recommend quitting the job and focus on getting better. Sometimes we just aren’t meant to do what we think we should be doing…
You should last there awhile petester since you have the insight and brains to know that your co-workers are OK people. I admit, I have the same problem. The people I work with are cool, my boss is cool. I have to remind myself of this because my own bullsh*t gets in the way and I start thinking negative of everybody when nothing is going on.
I know they’re not perfect but if I don’t bug them, they won’t bug me. My boss talked to me and my co-worker on Monday. We both have been there for three years and he has only been there a year. He said he liked our work and he liked us because we were so honest and he had no complaints about our work. In fact he told us it OK to take 5 or 10 minute breaks during the day if we want. We didn’t even have to ask him
But believe it or not petester, how you get along with your co-workers is under your control. I think I might scowl too but I am polite and respectful and I don’t attack anyone or cause trouble. And people respond positively to that. If you’re nice half the time then you will survive. Good luck.
I don’t always agree with this. Some people at work want to take control of you mentally, emotionally and physically and you must take that to the manager when it happens. If you let it go, it becomes a deeper, terrible problem of control. If you feel you are being manipulated to the point of causing you great distress, it is time to see if it’s worth your time to be there. I was forced out a steady, good job, but feel good about my decision to leave. Abuse comes in all forms, and you must stand up for yourself.
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You’re right it’s not always true, there will be asholes sometimes on a job. But people at work are there to do a job. You just have to roll with the punches. I’ve been abused on a job a couple times only to realize it wasn’t my fault and they were plain asholes who nobody else liked either. So that gave me satisfaction. And people are going to rib you. I just try to do my job and not get in huge confrontations. But my main point to petester is that we have to get out of our own way and not cause ourselves UN-NECESSARY trouble.
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I would never confront a coworker, I would always take it to HR. You never know how they are going to react. If the conditions are present for an escalation of mental problems within the schizophrenic, it will become nearly impossible to carry on. We just can’t be in control of our own minds when there is external play that traps us. You may think it’s easy to brush off, and maybe for some it can be, but we are on the lookout for feeling persecuted to the breaking point. I recognize this in myself. It is a problem. But it isn’t always my problem, and we are protected from situations that rail against our deepest mistrust.
Would suggest that before you walk away, you sit down and have a word with your employer. Let them know where you’re at. Find out what their perception of you is. It may be that you are doing better than you think in their eyes than in your own. A little communication goes a long way. Perhaps they might want to keep you after modifying your circumstances?
Pixel.
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Looks like a pattern now. Wouldn’t it be better to get down to the state disability office and apply? It’s not difficult. I’m sure any evaluating physician will give you a pass. Then look into federal SSDI while you’re on state dis.
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You have to learn to find ways to reduce the stress. Hard exercise, Comedy, art or music . Stuff like that.
Stress doesn’t mean you need to quit even though you may feel like it.
People without mental illness get stressed about work all the time.
Just gotta work at it one day at a time
Hope you feel better ish
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@77nick77 I do agree with you, a job is a job. But because of my experience in the NHS it is quite difficult to get a job in retail. But then again I have not really applied for many. Guess I better start applying!
@notmoses I tried to apply for PIP which is a disability allowance but I do not qualify for it. I do not meet the criteria. Its one of those benefits you can get while you work. I do not know what else is available to me. Got to ask my GP today.