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I thought that a good possibility could be becoming a masseur or a physiotherapist. You don´t need to talk a lot and nowadays there are many people who need these kind of proffessionals.
Only an idea!

Well I did two different careers. I started in accounting. I was first an accounting clerk, then cost accountant, and then staff accountant. I did not find accounting to be a good career. I often worked with people and for some reason I found the field disrespected by the very people I was working with - business people (who tended to be extroverts). The nature of an accountant is that you have to answer to someone else. If you find you don't get along with people you always have to work for them. Unless you are a CPA you can't really start your own business.

When it came time to choose a second career (they wanted me to get the MBA and CPA) I chose law. The one main thing I do like about law is that the law degree allows you to do anything -- you can work for a big accounting firm as a lawyer or you can hang your shingle and it provides a certain level of respect across the board. The main drawback is that the people are crazyeeee.

Have you considered something in health care? I suspect going forward that is going to be a booming field and they have a lot of respect for you taking care of yourself. It also has strange hours so you could work at night and things and deal with people less.

Heath care is a good idea. Some time ago, came here a guy called Quixote, if I remember well. He was worried because he wanted to be a doctor and he didn´t see clear it could be a profession an avoidant will fit well in. My thought is trying to do what you could really enjoy. In the end, you´ll find problems due to your avoidance in some moments, but at least you will be developing something that is in your nature.

I was especially depressed during my last semester of college and the year afterward. My search for work was half-hearted at best. I spent the first year out of college mostly unemployed. I was eventually hired to teach social studies at a school in Central America. I was fired after five months. That was three years ago. Never had a job lasting more than a few weeks since then.

I´m working as a researcher in the biomedical field.. I was able to get my degree without much interaction with people, but when I started my work, the beginning was pure hell and paranoia. I basically felt like everyone was judging me, like an ant under the magnifying glass. I also went through the process of going to interviews, one of my least favorite situations to be in, but there is not so much competition to get a Phd position so eventually any ape can get one (that is the conclusion I came to anyways). The good thing about working as a scientist is that you can limit your interactions with people to be strictly work-related. Another thing is that you can become so consumed by your job that you don´t have time to think about the state of your life. As a down side there are all the presentation to consider and let me tell you, I feel like I die each time I have to give a presentation.. it is not getting any better either. Also, I feel like If I continue on this job, the struggle will only get worse and I am not getting desensitized at all. I do not like the idea of being exposed or having to influence people and If I am going to continue doing research in the future, it will be unavoidable. So I am thinking that after the Phd, I will probably change to another field.

As an ideal job, I consider something in which you have creative solitude.. like as a writer or maybe a translator. Also an engineer or some kind of designer would not be bad.