Today, I decided to turn my life around by finding a job, going to a gym, and getting counselling. Counselling is £145 a month. A gym would be £50 a month minimum, and there's an 8-year gap in my resumé, and everyone says no one will hire me because of it. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I paid $500 for a gym membership after moving into a brand new house, since 12 years of software development has taken its toll. When I told my instructor about my goal to lose 35lbs in two months, he simply said, "Yeah... That's not going to happen. Try another gym," and left promptly. FML
Today, I tried to find a job. Again. It's been seven years since I earned more than 70€ in a month, seven years since I moved back in with my parents, and seven years since I was registered as having a medical disability. Nobody wants me, not even as a shelf stacker. FML
Today, I found out I am only entitled to £63 government assistance a month. I haven't worked or even left house for a year and a half, as my agoraphobia/anxiety has spiraled out of control. I don't know how I'm going to live. FML
Today, I was out with friends when one of them started complaining about having to spend $50 on two copays for his therapist. He makes more a week than I do in three, and I can't even get seen by any type of healthcare professional because nowhere is accepting new patients. FML
Today, I had to give up going to a therapist because it was too expensive and my parents couldn't afford it. Meanwhile, a girl in my class is getting a therapist for her dog. FML
Today, it's easier to buy a house than it is to get out of a gym contract. FML
Today, I found out I'm "no longer under consideration" for all 8 of the jobs I recently applied for. I'm broke and stuck living with my ex, who's got a new boyfriend. I hate my life and myself, wish I was dead every day, and am stuck in retail hell for the foreseeable future. I barely eat and exist only to work and sleep. FML
Today, after paying a job coach a load of money for his services, pretty much the only advice he gave me was "Send out more résumés." FML
Today, after spending 8 months and $11,000 on school, I was denied a job in my chosen career field. They told me they decided to go with someone with more experience. So who got the job? One of my classmates. This is her first job. EVER. FML
Today, after spending about 5 years to go back to school, get my life together and get a real job, I now make about $100 less a month. I used to work as a dishwasher. FML
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manb91gb 15
Okay, start by going jogging in your local park, that's free exercise.. The exercise will trigger endorphin release which will reduce the need for counselling and start doing volunteer work in a charity shop or soup kitchen to re-establish a pattern of work-like behaviour. Good luck and stick at it! People have come back from worse!
rebelwithmouseyhair 18
No need to sign up at a gym. Go running, or get a 2nd hand bike and go cycling. Regular exercise does help with depression. Yes you can start with volunteer work to beef up your CV, or you could start up your own business, there are plenty of openings in the gig economy. Work so hard you have no time to dwell on needing counselling. Once your CV is looking better, you can start applying for decent jobs. It'll be harder than it even sounds, but there's no such thing as a free lunch.
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bl3ur0z3 17
It's not true that nobody will hire you, but it will be harder. You will end up with a crappy, low paying, likely fast food, job that will try to suck your soul out of you. If you don't let it, work hard, maybe get a small promotion, and keep putting in applications to other places, you will find there's hope in the end.
Aspen Thompson 4
Jogging=reduce need for counseling! Working yourself into a soulless pit=forget counseling all together! Thank god it’s so easy to solve every single reason someone might need to talk to a licensed therapist. :D
Abi Penswick 7
Download the NHS couch to 5k app, that's free and you don't need to go to a gym Counselling is available free on the NHS, you just need to self refer yourself online to mental health services Volunteering at local charity shops or community projects to build you resumè back up will help you get back into work
blondie45 21
What were you doing during the 8 year gap?
Jonkbaby 23
prove them wrong.