Looks like i probably wont be a support worker any time soon :(

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my dreams are in tatters, i use to dream about having a career and a good job in the care sector but the way things have gone its like everything has conspired against me,

at college i had to leave half way through the second year and i was not allowed to progress twice after that, its like they dont want to help me,

every turn i have made has been blocked and my confidence is very low about this, so low that i cant see anybody giving me a chance, its like they don’t care or take me seriously, just bc i have an illness doesn’t mean i am an invalid :frowning:

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Keep your chin up and break it into workable programs.

I got kicked out of university twice and that was long before diagnosis. Sometimes your doing more than your able.

You ever thought of some process work. IT’s easy to learn, pays well and it’s just routine doing things. Warehousing and anywhere on the supply chain works and it’s a big area that needs workers.

Either that or disability. I’m on disability over here and I survive without any stress!

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thats the problem rogueone, i wanted to be a support worker, but all i’m getting is cleaning jobs :confused: they are the only opportunities for me just now :confused:

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Broaden your focus. Warehousing is tough physical work but I found it easy with prodomal schiz.

Also found retail in a bookshop as a great job…if you love reading! Pays shite though…

Thing about process work is it usually pays well cause you can get on the shifts…that is a good bonus, at least out here!

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Don’t tell them you have mental illness issues when you apply for a job. The normies have deep prejudice against Sz people. @asgoodasitgets

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I cant do much physically demanding ■■■■, my mate wanted me to work with him landscaping but i couldn’t do that,

Cleaning and catering seems like all i’m going to get, either that or stuck behind a desk on a computer :confused:

I want to really help people with their problems and ■■■■, thats why i come on here, its a two way street on here but thats cool

@green5 i hear you, i wont be putting it in my cv any time soon, lol.

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I think the desire to help people is fine just so long as you don’t see it as an excuse to proselytize re religion , and keep that side of things in check.
Maybe you could volunteer to help out somewhere to get some hands on experience.

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I doubt I’ll ever be a doctor or anything. I’m sure they’ll find my posts on here. My picture and posts is also on the autism forums. I’m screwed.

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It will all work itself out @asgoodasitgets, keep your hopes up.

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Yeah, I told my last four employers I had SZ and they hired me anyhow. Buggers! I was trying to collect unemployment.

An opportunity is an opportunity is an opportunity. Use the job you can get to prove you’re capable of doing the job you want to do.

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That’s what I did, too. I have worked some terrible jobs, but I was able to use those as references to apply for a job I really wanted.

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From the posts I read of you, you complain of everything. You want a girlfriend, but you don’t even have a source of income. Get your life together before thinking of dating someone. If cleaning and catering is all you can do, so be it. You gotta do what you gotta do. Not everyone gets to get the perfect job that they want. For a lot of people, a job is just a job. You get your entertainment outside of it. It’s not supposed to be fun for majority of people. For the lucky few who wake up every morning excited about their job, they probably did not find it as their first job. Once you have a job and some income, that should improve your chances on the dating scene. Read the book called Grit by Angela Duckworth. I am reading it now and I think it will help you.

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I cant deal with this just now, i’m going to see my duty nurse tomorrow :frowning:

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You sometimes play the victim. The world is not against you, it just seems that way. I deal with it all the time.

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yeah, thats me ‘the victim’ lol, it was professor green with the candlestick, i am the victim tbh i got sz, i am a victim.

another reason not to be a support worker lol

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I recall a woman on the old forum who put herself through nursing school after being Dx’d Sz. She went on to get a job and do well.
Your more limited by your own attitude than your ability.

Never say never.

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yeah, i guess i have an attitude problem then, telling me i have an attitude problem really sucks, thanks for that

i remember the woman who did that, it might have been katzwoman or something i forget

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One might wonder why you’d think you can help others…if you don’t even help yourself?

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yeah, thanks for that

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There’s a big difference between not being able to do something “right now” and “not ever”. Learn what you can in the moment, seize the opportunities you can when they present themselves, and keep your eye on the prize.

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