What min wage jobs can a person with ocd do?

I've failed as a bank teller, cashier, and data entry.

I can't stop counting the money to make sure I have the exact amount needed. When I did data entry I couldn't stop checking if I had submitted everything into the computer correctly.

I've been looking for a job and all I see are cashier positions. I'm going to be homeless in a month if I can't find a job since I'm running out of money. Please help give me ideas. I'm very intelligent but I don't have a degree so I don't qualify for higher level jobs. .

I've tried several psych meds and they didn't work to reduce my ocd. Cognitive behavioral therapy takes 12 weeks according to therapists I've talked to. I'm rock bottom in a month.

i'm 23, male.

What about a job with time pressure, so that you literally wouldn't have time to check things over?
If you are serving impatient customers whilst they wait, you can't get away with stalling to check and recheck.

Or maybe a job where there is a continuous flow of work, and always more work than you can complete in any one day. Then you can make it a game to see how much you can get through each day. Put your focus on speed or task completion rather than the smaller details.

Or you could look for a job where there are fewer small details to obsess over. Bank teller, cashier and data entry all work with data, numbers and precision. Manual or creative jobs may have less focus on precision. A job where 'close enough is good enough' may help you to be less anxious about getting everything perfectly right. So look for a job that doesn’t revolve around computers or cash registers.

If you want to work with your OCD strengths, you could instead look for a job that involves sorting or checking, such as a filing clerk, mail sorter, library assistant etc. In some jobs, checking that everything is in the right place may be considered a virtue.

Platypus wrote:What about a job with time pressure, so that you literally wouldn't have time to check things over?
If you are serving impatient customers whilst they wait, you can't get away with stalling to check and recheck.

Or maybe a job where there is a continuous flow of work, and always more work than you can complete in any one day. Then you can make it a game to see how much you can get through each day. Put your focus on speed or task completion rather than the smaller details.

Or you could look for a job where there are fewer small details to obsess over. Bank teller, cashier and data entry all work with data, numbers and precision. Manual or creative jobs may have less focus on precision. A job where 'close enough is good enough' may help you to be less anxious about getting everything perfectly right. So look for a job that doesn’t revolve around computers or cash registers.

If you want to work with your OCD strengths, you could instead look for a job that involves sorting or checking, such as a filing clerk, mail sorter, library assistant etc. In some jobs, checking that everything is in the right place may be considered a virtue.

I wish i could get on disability so I could sit at home and read.