Are you employed?

Hi. Was wondering if you're currently employed. If so, what do you? For how long? How do you deal with people around you or mood swings? What triggers you?

If you don't, did you choose it? Do you prefer it? What are you future plans?

Anything you can bring up on the subject is highly interesting for me (I myself can't hold a job. I don't think I can atm).

Officially at the moment no I am currently known as unemployed, more because of my situation that anything else however I do have a side job just to earn a little extra cash which is phone/text sex operator, I get to work from home, choose my own hours and although it's not a glamorous job it's something. My psychiatric nurse doesn't think I am quite in the right emotional state to seek propper work at the moment but when I am up to it I hope to go back to university and study something within the lines of mental health seen as though I have lots of personal experience from it lol

im employed, im a paraleagal
it sucks most days i day dream or write poetry, its hard for me to focus on important tasks, im late everyday litterly, just no desire or motivation to work hard, i find myself just lost in daze all day trying to look busy, i stay in the bathroom alot play on my cell phone, anything to get away, due to meds my mood swings arent bad
i go from job to job, hate working dont enjoy the feeling of being watched and monitored and anxiety is always nuts, but somehow i get threw each day.

i have a business that has me on the phone with customer and dealing with them via email, but with delays between those, so i can let the mood stuff happen, then grit my teeth when the phone rings.

glycinenoodle wrote:what do you? For how long? How do you deal with people around you or mood swings? What triggers you?

I currently work in the mental health field doing community outreach. Basically I teach people who experience emotional difficulties skills to further their recovery and independence in the community.

My mood doesn't affect me too much at work unless I'm not taking care of myself properly, or if I'm having extreme difficulties in my personal relationships and feel stressed from those. In those situations, I thankfully have a fair amount of PRN medication that I can take to help get me through a day. I also try to save up my personal/sick/vacation time for times that I really just need to take some time off for mental health reasons.

There are some people that really trigger me, I typically try to keep my interactions with these people as low key as possible. There was recently a situation at work where I was very triggered. I vented for a few minutes to a coworker before approaching the person who triggered me and used my DEAR MAN skills to express my needs. (It was in relation to some paperwork that needed to be completed) I don't want it to sound like this was easy, I was absolutely livid, I was shaking I was so angry and had to take a PRN before approaching her to come down a notch. I then checked with a co worker who was in the room at the time to make sure that I came across appropriately. I've also had to ask my boss if it would be possible to switch a certain capacity that I work with one person as this person was triggering me frequently. I didn't tell my boss that was the reason, but there were other legitimate reasons that I would ask to be switched. This was actually the first time that I spoke up about my difficulties working with this person, or any person on my team to my boss, so she was thankfully willing to hear my concerns (which were valid points to bring up) and make some changes. I made sure to make it about the work being performed and not about my interpersonal difficulties with this person.

glycinenoodle wrote:Hi. Was wondering if you're currently employed. If so, what do you? For how long? How do you deal with people around you or mood swings? What triggers you?

I work in a tea shop. been there since October. was at a couple different jobs before that over the summer, before that I was in university. we don't really get cranky people in the store much, tea lovers tend to be chill people lol. and I get along really well with my coworkers, we're all a bit crazy so it works well. so I don't really have a problem dealing with people in this job. the only thing I've had an issue with that I find quite upsetting is having sales stolen from me after I've spent some time with a customer and then gotten separated from them for whatever reason and someone else swooping in, because hours and such are based on how good our sales are so it's important to have good sales.

I work 2 jobs...

I am a Delivery Shift Leader for a pizza parlor. This is my second go around with them and I have been with them for almost 6 years this time. Stupid people trigger me and if it gets too bad then I work in the back because if not then soon then I will be punching something.

I also work at a hotel and I have been there for a year. Boredom is usually the only thing that triggers me at the hotel. I work overnight so pretty slow there.

I currently work as a freelancer from home. I don't get work regularly which is very stressful, also the work itself is demanding a lot of concentration which is sometimes very hard for me. But I manage to stick to the deadlines somehow. However I think this is the best solution for me, because I have minimal or no live contacts with people I work for or with (only through e-mail). I have worked many jobs during university and after graduation I had two full-time jobs, but I left a bad impression in the end every time because of my uncontrolled behaviour, usually I burnt the bridges too.

I had to go back to live with my single parent because I don't earn enough to pay rent and all other life expences. But it is a neccessary compensation for now. I hope not forever. I have no social life here. The irony is that as much as I want to be regularly employed (to be independent and feel as a normal human being) I am also afraid it might come true and I get this wonderful opportunity just to mess it up in the end, like I always have.

i drink wine...oh, i also sell it

I have a really difficult time with work. I've never had a job longer than a few weeks. Constant contact with people is hard for me because of mood swings and hating them over the smallest reasons. Right now I'm in Graduate school living at home. I think I use school to shield myself from the workforce. I'm getting my Masters in Mental Health Counseling and currently interning at a psych hospital as a counselor. As you can imagine, I am triggered constantly from the staff and patients. It's so overwhelming. I'm terrified to graduate but I hate living at home with my mom.