we are intelligent beings we should be able to think of a better way of working.

What does that even mean?

You wanna live like a princess then?

@@suerobinson That means more to life than work and stress

So true life so hard now

Psychic Snail exactly

Psychic Snail completely true. worded perfectly x

Psychic Snail, yesssssss.

But without thinking what it will do to family and friends. It is not victimless.

Psychic Snail oh god this is so right ... the amount of internal pain you are under to contemplate suicide .. let alone go through with it ... it's impossible to see a way out when your like that

Good luck mate!

trucking is the best :)

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My husband did the same. Went from being a banker to driving a truck. He is so much happier and so much easier to live with! Money isn't everything. A stress-free and happy life is.

@@amyadams2945 Stress is unhealthy, just look at a stressed animal, it makes us crazy.

Hanne Rose Bless your Heart! Happy to hear this! I work in a Fast Food Restraunt. It can get stressful at Times but it isn't bad and I am making it. I like to serve People and clean. I don't make high Wages at both my Jobs but I'm so stressed as some of the Customers I deal with who are stressed out due to their Jobs. And I don't have doll up like I'm going to a Ball! Thats the best Things that I love about my two Jobs, all I have to do is just be neat and clean and the Managers are satisfied! 😊👍 Nice to know you are happy now. 👍😊💜

Hanne Rose is

I worked one a research job at Harvard,La dee dah, but I hated it, I went back to teach, took a pay cut, and thought about suicide a whole lot less often. Money isn't everything

omg this happen to me too! @ the office i felt miserable i could not

beth keady Oh my god are you me? I worked in a high scientific position as well for over a decade, lost my life and soul in there, left and now thinking of going to teaching as well...

Yes, this is true! I can testify to that!

Yes! Totally true

sabedra2000 with any 'addiction'!

True, but even though people know this. You will get chastised for being a addict and not being able to handle it.

@Sun Tzu II you clearly don't know real depression. that's not good advice

Sadly without money you cant fix or manage your health so

Dam right my friend

Ya but need a home=$$

The day I snapped was in 2017 . I was a software developer in a project .. There was a lot of micromanagement having to complete development in ridiculous amount of hours , I experienced burnout and panic attacks- 7 month later I resigned.... No money in the world can take me back to that situation it was stressful!

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Nothing like a “Karen” waiting for you at customer service.

I work in Retail , it's like living in the zombie apocalypse , I'm so depressed , have to find my way in the world😢

@@misspomerol it's God awful

Cc Bernadin I’m going to pray for you....I’m a hairdresser n Texas, and it’s super hard with nearly zero clients, (due to COVID-19) and having the pressure of paying rent.

@@bl6797 i hope you get some work soon🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼..

Sam Dixon Ikr...

Me too. I didn't want to die, but was devastated by unrelenting mental terror. I completely credit my sanity to Zoloft and Klonopin. All the best to you, Pincarto.

pincarto donn Depression is deadly and so painful in my soul and spirit l walk around very lethargic and in a zombie state.

pincarto donn I agree. I wouldn't wish my mania & depression on anyone. Everyday is a battle. After 34 years & almost every med, nothing helps longterm. I'm lucky if a med works for a couple months. I cherish my "good days". Because they are so few & far in between. I believe they could find a cure but don't want to! Big pharmaceutical companies are making billions & billions everyday from anti depressants & mood stabilizers. They don't want to lose that. Even if it means saving countless lives & endless despair & suffering. We live in a selfish, sick, cruel world.

Depression, uncaring, ungiving, the darkest place of all, Loneliness of being, the torture of thick surrounding sorrow, Being alone to feel apart from the very person that we are, To feel abandoned in a spiral of enforced deprivation of thought, To look see and feel nothing, nothing but a present moment of forgetfulness. Forgotten is joy, happiness, sound, feeling,light, strength, knowledge, love,touch,tenderness, companionship. Like a stealth demon appearing from nowhere, cloaking all the senses that are joy, An emotionless soul with nothing but pin hole eyes to see through, Striped of all that is,and giving all that is not, a terrifying despair , breaking down all that is learned and thought, brought to the very step of insanity, Teetering on the very edge of something and nothing , Finding the strength to cast this aside is more than a soul has, To learn the new way that it points to takes a strength that some do not posses, They fall in to a never ending sleep, Becoming forgotten by the many ,and in time by the few, No light or love can penetrate this place, but sometimes in the distance it can be seen hovering on the horizon, Reach out to touch,and it is pulled away, My soul is in torture,

CrystalMoon So did you figure out? how you doing now?

You're so very right on this, existence, is no life!

On the front lines to take the abuse from people who have been screwed over by the higher ups who avoid stress by having great parties.

Worst job I've ever done. Never again 😲

Did it for 9 years at the end i felt like an orange completely sqeezed out The targets are much to high The should hire robots

I quit mine. Best decision ever

MsWaggydo

MsWaggydog So you've been in I.T. since 1982?!

This is very inspiring.

🤔But you're back in an office n not working with animals but for them. Still it's a great feeling to help animals

So you used to work for IT on computers and now you work at a call center on the phone all day..... not much of a difference but I guess if you're happy....

MAXimus LAWLESSnessTM Perfectly said ❤️

i think that all the time, then i go sit in nature :)

OA :)

MAXimus LAWLESSnessTM Such a true statement

Hi, I am also a nurse and left the field 2 years ago. I don't know if I will or even want to return to the profession. Life has taken a drastic change. I know these feelings, thoughts so well. I hope things get better for you! Stay strong. Hugs!!

I'm a nurse 20 yrs in. I work just enough to pay the bills. It's all I can stand these days. My BFF is in the same boat. Burned out...

I was a CNA and same thing. I couldn't take it anymore. I was bullied by coworkers and treated like crap, all of the workload was put on me, nobody would help me. I haven't been able to work since and it's been 2 years. I think I have PTSD from that experience. It has ruined me.

April Lockaby Radford I am a CNA too for 3 years. It has burned me out. I have worked in over 4 different nursing homes. I am taking a boards this Wednesday to become a Licensed Nurse, I guess I have a long road ahead of me? I was hoping the further up the ladder I move the less burn out I will feel? I am just so tired of getting mistreated by all of the health care professionals including CNAs that’s been at the job longer than myself. I love my job but it’s the workers that make it much harder. Let’s not even start about never getting a thanks and patients abusing you... Hope I am not wasting my time with the nursing profession. I am in my early 30s and have another 30 years until retirement.

If u knew the field why chose this career? Been a nurse or doctor is not a walk in the park so why choose it?

But without a job where do you get money to buy food to eat to feed your family.

Amen to that.. thank you for the beautiful and accurate comment, I needed this!

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I had that for 8 1/2 years, plus major problems with my family, so I never knew what I was coming home to. Looking back you wonder how you ever coped. I don't mean I was a hero. I am emphatically not hero material. But then, that makes me wonder all the more how I ever got through those years. Sorry to ramble.

Claudia Montoya One Kind Word Can Change Someone's Entire Day..There is not enough kindness in the world.People are happy to make others unhappy.Unhinged and just get on with there lives .We all have STRESS some builds up over a lifetime.Mine did and i literally did snap ,i had asked for help from # Professionals sometimes they fail you.Perhaps they are stressed to breaking point.But it just took one person to turn me away after 10 vistits .Who i considered a family friend and GP .Tell me not to come back for a week .Having had a reaction to drugs he had perscribed and then taken me off.I am greatful to be alive i have many things to be greatful for but its taken a heck of alot of work(and it doesn't work everyday.)I could not look at photos of happier times without crying /listen to music/eat.Do anything.In the end i had to DIY'it after some fixing Medically and Some Therapy.Realise that there are people worse of(Sometimes i seek them out!Or have trouble finding them)My SON has kept me going..When things are really bad..

Claudia Montoya, I still remember one cold morning where I had to pull over the 🚗 on my way to work so I could 🤮 down a drain, I was petrified of going to work. That’s when I knew something had to give 😢🥵😥

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I stayed at a teaching job that was destroying my spirit because I thought I "shouldn't quit". I absolutely dreaded going to work and hated doing paperwork during family time. I even attempted suicide because of that job I thought I couldn't quit! The best thing that happened was resigning from the job right before they fired me and going on disability for long term depression. My heart goes out to you, Claudia. I hope you found a new job or new career!

Yeah just not an ad every few moments

The U.K. always has documentaries like these. The U.S. needs to step it up in their documentary game, especially since we are struggling with mental health as much as we are...

Agreed. This is a great documentary.

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Yeah its pretty cool. Older people aren't so good at showing emotion or wanting any help. My grandmother can't walk she can barely talk but she won't let anyone help or even talk about helping her with stuff. I do kinda wish I had that. They're the last generation of true Americans.

I used to start getting depressed on Saturday night and by Sunday, I was a wreck. Monday’s were nightmares. By Wednesday I was better, but back on the way to the downward slide. Retiring totally changed my life. Now I’m a happy chappy. I’m lucky, I know.💜

@@annamarielewis7078 Me too and I still have about 8 years until I can retire. At the very least, 6 more years. I wouldn't get social security for a very long time since I'm far from the earliest age to start getting it.

Cindy Jencks sounds lovely x

Wow so true

Sounds sooo good 😊

Yes, I snapped. I threw the keys down, Wrote a quick note saying I quit. Never went back to nursing. That was about 15 yrs ago. I live in a van now. I have solar power, a computer, a table for crafts and freedom to go wherever I want depending on budget. I won't go back to the rat race. My bipolar disorder won't have it. I go crazy under stress. Now I am at peace.

@@nomadiavan6560 wow!!!! You're so brave!! So many of us dont have the courage to listen to our bodies.. but you did!!! How is your bipolar since then?? Did it improve???

I had something happen to me. When I was suffering from a severe depression related to schizoaffective disorder. I kept hearing these yapping poodles who lived underneath me at the apartment I lived in. I spent the whole night screaming and crying until I lost my voice. Luckily nobody lived there. It was very frightening. I couldn’t stop. I actually and severely lost control of myself.

psilocybin mushrooms is the answer

yeah my job isnt my personality

Yet at least in America those who really deserve recogniztion and good pay like teachers,social workers, police,and firefighters do NOT get it, but stupid football (American) players, actors, and those in the entertainment industry do. Pathetic!!

@@angietyndall7337 sad but true! Never understood that

Hookers get the opportunity to write for the New York times. Go figure...

@@angietyndall7337 Only a select few in those industries. Plenty of athletes, actors, and musicians out there who make next to nothing. Sadly.

haley bissett me too. Taking time off work just so you don't have to be forced to interact with people. :'(

Couldn't agree more.

Same I even hate small talk when dating!

haley bissett me too! I hated pretending at work. Can't do fake. I quit. Haven't found my next fake job yet. Really want to be an artist. Scared it won't pay the bills.

I absolutely hear what you are saying..which is why I just won't do it..I hate being fake and talking to fake people..luckily I can be me in my job...even if it offends others😂

Les Brown changed my life. Literally. I went from the medical profession to teaching English because he asked me, “are you living your dream?” I went back to college and rediscovered my real love, reading, and became a reading specialist. Best work ever, and now, retirement is even better. Total relaxation 💜

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I completely forgot that there's a Reset Button. 🍰

Good for you ❤️😊 I wish you nothing but luck and happiness moving forward in life.

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wellll......one is a teacher mate....Oh yah I forgot about how well off teachers are hahaha

Not to minimize their stories, because I feel for them. But yeah, I also see what you mean. Many people have a lot of stress at jobs that demand a great deal of skill, yet do NOT make money even enough to afford a nice home. And they worry about their job AND still have to struggle on top of that.

@@Skrtskrt1236 I dont think the comment was referring to the teacher.

@@Skrtskrt1236 I dont think the comment was referring to the teacher.

@@coreyanderson1457 Bruh I'm just gonna agree with you. I don't remember what I ate yesterday let alone wtf I was on about here. Strange, I liked OP's comment yet argued? I donno man, ignore my smooth brain, prolly drunk.

C_ Farther People like you that genuinely care , and show a it, is exactly what some people need . Thank you for that kind stranger

That's exactly how I feel. Im not the same at all. I kinda thought I'd just get better again. No, it's been years. Im not getting better. I maintain kinda, I hate being going places now, the opposite of who I use to be. The anxiety has ruined me.

Please seek help. You can speak to a therapist on the phone nowadays.

God bless you Susan!!!! I feel fibromyalgia is but just a way for your body to call out for help.. I really wish for you to recover from all the damage you have been through.. you're so sooo brave to make all the decisions that you've made for yourself!!! Bravo!!!!! 😊

@Susan Sherlock Good job being true to yourself.🥳 The day I got divorced (27 years ago) is STILL the happiest day of my life. 🤗

Good luck

Anna H thank you xxx

i hope youre doing better now :D

VikkiMinaj1 when I feel my blood boiling or a near panic attack I take propronol tablets from the doc, beta blockers they chill me out

Hi Vikki, I'm celebrating the 2nd year anniversary of my "breakdown". I went from having a well paying job, good friends and an active social life to being am unemployed pariah, despised by most and living on my elderly parents couch, collecting unemployment. Ha! I doubt that will make anyone feel any better but just know that you are not alone.

Exactly!! And I’ve gotten rid of all TVs 2 years ago and cable 10 years ago! And I don’t follow the news on my phone, It’s been liberating!

I can so relate to the interactions piece! Some people will drain the life right out of you. I too am in the position of "cleaning house" so to speak in terms of who I want to tolerate

Wow this is SO SPOT ON!!

To all who replied to my comment - 3 years ago! I only received the notification that there had been responses to my original comment today... Thank you for your kind words and shared experiences. 3 years on from the original comment we are in an insane world, a mirror of sanity, a world where opposites rule. We have been in the countryside 5 years now, and, I could not be happier 🥰🥰🥰 I also, finally realized my life long dream, to own my own horse... my life is, as they say, complete. I have a veg garden, 3 chickens, and a beautiful view... it is, the simple things and no mistake that please me.

Lisa Feisthome Yes, We are

Lisa Feisthome thank you

Lisa Oldwithsomanywhys I'm a single parent of 2 very young teenager.... And I'm at breaking point with stress Worry and may soon be homeless, in fact I know we will be. I'm at breaking point and worn out completely, your Words described my life as a parent. I feel as though I'm not appreciated also by the system and some horrid Cold people. 😤😤😭😭😫😖

Thanks to modern feminism, men now expect women to work outside as well, without having any idea of the sacrifices we women do in regards to anything related to the actual household life. That is why it is important for women to marry and have children with good men who are providers, protectors and who see value in our unique input as women. No amount of 'work' a man can do at home can even measure up to what women bring to this table. So :nothing wrong with desiring to be a housewife/homemaker/stay-at-home mother who wants to honour a respectable husband and nurture her family first and foremost.

Lisa Oldwithsomanywhys I can't stop reading this because every word is how I feel. I'm here in London thinking about the huge sacrifices I've made.. as we've all got our talents. How can any mother work full time and run a home and a family etc etc etc. Even if you paid people to do it it wouldn't all be done that's for sure, its a never ending job. I'm working from morning until midnight every day and I still get into bed thinking about the next job Sections to be done. Plus I've 2 teens going through all stuff teenagers go through.. And I'm earring money but all stressful.. I just wish mother were appreciated by the majority, it makes my blood boil 😫😖

tudor chick same

Same here. I've been on disability for 10 years now

Me too!

Unfortunately.....me too

Same. I don’t remember a day in my life without anxiety and depression. I believe I was just born this way. Just like someone people are born with an extra toe. I was just born this way.

Try tutoring. One on one. Much less stressful than teaching in a school.

ghi6h66 bgyu5 have you seen a good psychologist. It will help make your better. A GOOD one- I'm stressing on a good one.

Know that you're not alone, there's help out there, your life is worth living

Raising my grandkids and living for them (not myself) kept me alive and got me through a very rough period in my life till I could live for myself but sadly I feel myself going back down that hill again. Prayers up and hugs

@@vickicarnes6860 love and prayers for you Vicki❤ It takes an amazing person to raise someone elses' children, never forget that

One moment...one day at a time

Hello how are you doing?

essboogy 🌺🌺Know it all too well.

essboogy .

Clap I'm sorry you are suffering like this. Please seek treatment! I know that when depression is very bad you don't even want to pursue treatment, but PLEASE, give yourself this chance to feel better. I can SO understand the feelings you describe! 'People who have never run marathons shouting unhelpful advice from the sidelines' . . . I understand! People are happy to stand in the bright light where they are & shout & wave & offer advice, thinking they're helping. Not many will actually walk into the darkness where you are & stand beside you.

"Magically bursting forth are quarks spinning billions of times a second as 3 points of light, forming what are called protons and neutrons." This is from the book "The Quantum World" by the physicist Ford. Barbara Brennan is a NASA physicist that sees people as holograms. She wrote that we are eternal multidimensional, electromagnetic, holographic, energy/light/love beings in the book "Hands of Light". Right Now. We are not solid, nothing is. We are characters in movies. I don't remember creating this movie, but I have read I am the leading edge of this hologram as it tries to get its bearings in such thick frequency fields. It is my understanding that we are projections, CGI, constantly beaming waves of consciousness-- pictures originating from a point of light. Imagine what the projector looks like since we look like this. Why continually create a steady beam of images that create so much pain to each other? Don't you feel this pain? Does the projector feel the pains of the people in a movie? Using imagination, yes. But the projector gets to walk away, right? NO. When the projecting stops, the movie stops.

essboogy 🙏

LizBiz87 yes. I have been hospitalized several times in the US. Given drugs that made me sick and was further traumatized by staff and other patients!

Thank-you for being you and doing the right thing. Being an honest and caring person can be terrifying in this world. The time will come when I stand (alone most probably) outside my mental health department with plaquards. They have higher than average number of suicides in the UK. I don't care if they throw me in a cell. I've had enough.

I work in a hospital in the lab and everyday I see how negligence happens everyday and I have been single out and satanised for raising the problem. I am so exhausted , I cant do all the job that others just dont care.

What kind of work is that? Do you attend to the disabled or challenged in some facility, or something?

I used to go to work with the fear of being sick on the keyboard. I thought it would go away but it never did.

Oh wow! I totally relate to this! This comment hit the nail for my thoughts. Peace to you!❤

That’s absolutely awful! Reminds me of when I had the worst pain set on halfway through my shift and I said that I was in so much pain, I was white as a sheet, and my manager said I could take 5 minutes off out the back and come back onto the floor. I said I’m sorry I don’t think I’ll be able to do that, I’m in severe pain, and they said that it was too late to get a replacement. I ended up saying that I’m sorry I’m going home, and I ended up going to the emergency department where they told me it was really bad appendicitis that could have burst and become septic if I hadn’t gotten there sooner

This happened to me also

@@Jane-bq3qv your manager was a ridiculous person. As a manager, I would either fill in myself or shut the store down rather than make someone ill continue to work.

for real YES! I have to drive a hour and a half there and back to work and it gives me crazzzzy anxiety. Some days I just feel like I can do it!

True that.

Yes!

@Anna Sobańska i think about it often.. gettin help.. did it work for u Anna? i see u posted your reply to this post 2 months ago.. hugz 2 all of u .. tlc

No need for feeling isolated. At the end we all are isolated cause the fear based system we live in.

You're definitely not alone

Yes it's so good having others put it into words. I exist now. I'm getting worse not better evem though the life I live with my husband is all I wanted. He's home now as he was bullied at work and the stress was killing him. I can't function or go out. My life has been horrendous. It's not now but I'm just an empty shell and I watch the outside from my window.

Bubbas Meisa Yes that is my experience!

Yes raped and beaten. Family and friends discarded me because they couldnt handle it. Trying my best. Thankful for chance encounters with kind people.

Everyone discarded me, including my family.

It's very sad that USA republicans have the idea that because UK have NHS and a fairer welfare system that we're somehow completely socialist & almost communist, it's very weird for Brits when we hear republicans talk like that. Having a fairer system where you don't lose everything if you're struck down with illness isn't a bad thing.

@@atdclo2889 what? Are you being literal?

Hi Sandy...sorry to read what you wrote...I totally relate...I am totally alone...no connections to anyone...no children. ..menopausal and basically really miserable. ..on disability and don't much want to live anymore...I really related to what you wrote...sending you a big hug from Vancouver Canada...Allison

I've been there beside you both.. big hugs

damn why do ur kids hate u , sending positivr vibes to all of yall from a teen the idea of being alone and old scares me ngl and kids hating u would have a billio kids just to not be alone😂😂💛💛

@Sandy Holliday. Me too. Right down to the feet.

OMG, I can relate . Pain makes life unbearable

So what did you end up doing? Are you in a job that you love? If not, what are you doing for money?

I went through extensive emotional therapy, as well as cognitive behavioural therapy. I was also diagnosed with high functioning anxiety stemming from childhood. I currently work just enough to pay my bills, but plan to obtain a full time job in the near future.

Yes, I'm in the same boat. Making just enough to get by. Living paycheck to paycheck etc. Which of course doesn't help matters.

***** much better I just got a job and have a way better outlook on my life! Thank you for your kindness :)

Jessica D, me too...

yeah '.'

jjflipz me too

Really close to home. I just feeling like I am spinning around in circles and I just can't keep up. Especially as I get older, I can't keep up with technology, etc. Those kinds of things. Anyone else feel that way?

Oh God yes. I'm 60 now, have had depression and anxiety since I was in fifth grade. Some days I can't believe I haven't checked myself out!

jjflipz Wish I hadn't opened this bloody thing. It's making me feel crap again.

I finally collapsed mentally & physically after 35 years of crazy professional life.....I too am diagnosed with PTSD, MDD, Anxiety 😥......

@@shanze5591 It was about 28 years for me in the accounting field. I have decided to become my own boss and do what I love. No more office environments for this lady!! May you find your passion and conquer it!!!

Go for it Diana! I have two degrees and a 12 year long career in education and I’m currently (finally) working on another degree to do what I LOVE. It’s tough doing both but my motivation is to be happy. Just know that there’s a stranger, a random black woman in south Louisiana rooting for you ☺️ go find your happiness!

Big Mona Thank you for motivating me! I have a PhD and I’ve been working in academia. I hate it.

I am with you there

food critic vlog, here i come.

@@TheArtemis07 LEAVE!!!! I left a "great job" as a radiographer which drove me to almost suicide...I am a student now and work one day a week in a bulk food store...SOOOOO happy!. I do not miss sick whiny people one bit.

Psychic Snail I'm sure you're not a coward. Such a decision is a huge step and hard to make when you're already struggling. I admire you taking time to share your wisdom with others here, and I hope you have time to slow down more these days.

Psychic Snail ! I think it s impressive what you have managed all those years ... You maby have built up a safe life and that 's a good thing . Now would be a perfect time to live a bit more and relax more or change to a job you would be happier in . Change is scary , what about going to a life couch ? Get the advice and a push !? Anyway , I think you have done a good job all those years ! Hope you can take a chanse and try to change to what you want to do ! Travel , chill out and do something you think you can enjoy more ❣️✌🏼✨

Psychic Snail Thank you for your post!! You described me at this point in my life, I feel so sick going to work I also dread Monday, I’m so angry, I feel so stuck, I’m 47 and a single mother, I want to just quit, but I have responsibilities and no support, o think everyday is this what have to look forward to, and then I feel guilty because I don’t want to feel ungrateful, because someone is in the world looking for a decent job and here I am complaining, miserable and sick to the stomach. After looking at this video and reading your post made me realize I need help,

@@ImWorthy4Real i hope you are ok I am going through a similar time. Much love to you xx

Doesnt bother me, anything to make me die qucker i am ok with.

Frank Furlacker 😳

Frank Furlacker I'm sending you a hug. receive it.☺

INTJ Jen that’s actually a more hurtful comment than helpful. Housing, phone, internet access, electricity, heat, clothing, food, health insurance, car (yes in America you really have to have a car) and many other things, all cost money. You can’t live in a tent without clothing or food to simply save money. Especially if you have children. The state can take your kids away for the crime of being poor in this country. You can’t afford to put gas in your car to get to your child’s wellness visits? Well it’s your fault your poor so we are going to take your kid. And yes some people “have no business having kids” but that is few and far between. Can’t afford birth control? Can’t afford an abortion? Can’t stand the thought of giving your child to literal strangers? What are we doing to each other in this society? Some people hit a rough patch or get sick or a company closes and suddenly an entire families future is in jeopardy. You can really only downsize your lifestyle when you actually have something to downsize to begin with. It’s true that it has become the norm to work three jobs just to survive. How do you work for a better future (college) between three jobs? We have to think more in depth than “downsize your lifestyle” because that is a fancy way of saying “stop living beyond your means.” Its a semantics game and once again it is completely unhelpful. We might not need expensive makeup, or a brand new car or a mansion to live in but when you have cities where these things are right next door to section 8 housing you kind of question what is going wrong in the community where not everyone is living in decent conditions. We are conditioned to think that if your poor it must be all your fault. Or if you are struggling it’s not because the cards are stacked against you, it’s because you must not be playing by the rules. And in reality the rules are written in a foreign language and backwards. We should be able to help one another, not use each other as stepping blocks to that six figure check. Give back, donate, volunteer, and just have patience for other people. More often than not they deserve some help.

Sarah Norton aye man.... well visits are NOT something we have to do. Stop getting kids vaccinations they do not need... stop taking heathly kids to see sick doctors... www.vaccinationcouncil.org

Even narcissistic ppl get depressed doing those jobs.

More strength to you.. -by a fellow stranger who is struggling as well

Academia is the worst! Literal brainwashing.

Sheila P. McKinzie I call it "the disease to please."

My family has stopped talking to me because I refuse to cow to their stupid expectations of me. I've been much less stressed out ever since.

Amen shiela

So TRUE!

Very much agree. I also finally got some emotional energy vampires and users out of my life It became a real thing as I also deal with chronic fatigue and pain. I have no interest in having judgemental, critical people in my life - or the self-absorbed. it's time for me to get more self-focused in the most positive way possible.

Sorry, you've suffered so much. Your poor heart. Wishing you peace. ♥️Ruby T.

Same

Going through the same thing! Was scanning comments to see if anyone had similar thoughts

I finally collapsed mentally & physically after 35 years of crazy professional life.....I too am diagnosed with PTSD, MDD, Anxiety 😥...... You find out who ACTUALLY cares for you 😓😓😓

Red Thanks for your lovely reply, I'm trying everyday ☺

Listen to the word of God. He will light up the darkness.. You will never get lost again .. Just put all your worries to the Lord God. He cares for you.

hoping all is well with you

Me too been off for almost 2yrs I will lose my job in a month and a half. They only hold your job for 2 yrs.

I get it😉

Are you still a lawyer now?

Yes only people that have gone through dépression understand . I’d add that dépression ( for me anyway) is even worse than is described in medical journals . The pain is both physical and mental . As a medical receptionist I had to deal with a lot of other roles which meant working overtime without extra wage . I finally gave in my notice and is now giving english tuition as a 2nd language ( I am french) and manage my own schedule . Sometimes falling ill is an indication you have to change sth in your professional life even if it means less money .Happy life and good health is worth much more than a high flying job and money.

I hope you’re ok

I think that living with less and enjoying life is the best way to go. To appreciate the little things and not to fill our selves up with clutter. Make sense? People who love you will love you always

Pamela Williams omg yess. I can definitely relate. I’m still in the medical field fighting the battle unfortunately:(

AquaApp App Yes I work in a cancer center and at first I thought it wasn’t affecting me but, after I started getting extreme anxiety and depression, I figured out being surrounded by sickness and death will take a tole on you mentally, emotionally, and spiritually

honeymoon try private school...Ima a social worker and trying to be a teacher as well...but I heard private school is where it’s at

Hi hope a year on you are in a better place .

Wish I could LEAVE my dreadful doctor job.

Jonney Shih Do you really mean that?

beast1909 of course, i want to be an engineer

I've had this thought a few times in my life and it's been a more present reality than ever lately, so not trying to offer false hope because the world is scary. But all I can say is sometimes the best relief comes from breaking down...and that's an even scarier thought...that having to be vulnerable might actually be the only thing that breaks the cycle of fear and depression. Just realize that sanity in response to insanity is not a normal reaction and it's ok to break down. People might look at how weird or make fun of you for being "out of control," but they will never be able to experience life in an authentic way, a way that cant be faked. Inwardly they're probably jealous that they can't express themselves truly anymore because they've lost connection to their souls. So remember if you ever do "lose it" you just might find the key to happiness.

Me

I feel the same way.

Mary Rachelle C I have been one of the lucky ones where meds (after years of figuring it what worked) and therapy helped me. I am always saddened when someone isn't able to find the relief that they need

I was hoping there was a better way than using my claws. Just got them painted, too.

Andrea Wally oh FFS God and faith in a higher power doesn't fix things.

Shly gra I have to agree with you. Many hours of prayer over many years yielded very little relief.

It’s really tough to do both. Hugs. ❤️

MrLegendary0ne depression can hit anyone no matter what class, gender, race or religion

MrLegendary0ne Your far better off in the long run and understand what's important in regard to keeping stress levels low and enjoying good health. What good is huge amounts of money if your sick and can't enjoy it.

MrLegendary0ne right on. I still think money is a neessary evil so i cant wait till society gets rid of money totally

MrLegendary0ne What job do you do? I have never had a job I liked. Ones that sucked less, were more tolerable than another, but never had a job I actually liked. Always wished I could find something I could stand to do forever and that the ppl there would'nt mind having me there forever but I doubt that I'll find that. EVER.

but it's less likely to get a burn out or any other mental disease if you have a job you like and don't overwork. Mental illnesses don't usually come out of the blue. There are definitely triggers for it and no, it's not only some "chemical imbalance" in the brain that just comes up suddenly

I recognize those feelings. When I stop and think about my life I realized that I've had a really sad existence . I was born with a incurable autoimmune disease. I spent a lot of my childhood in the hospital. I was constantly alone and being alone as a kid in the hospital during the 90s its very traumatic. I feel like I never had a fair chance. I'm unable to work so I spend a majority of my time on couch. I feel like the only time I'm alive is when I'm asleep and dreaming.

I had been under a lot of stress ar work for years..one day i woke up and literally could not move..i had no strength to even pick up a cup. I couldn't stop crying. I felt confused and helpless i couldn't even speak coherently. I could not leave the house. I felt so fearful of the whole world. I stayed like tgat for a whole week. My boss was just angry. That i wouldnt be coming in ..i could not talk properly. But i knew i would never go back..i couldnt operate myself at all. I thought i had contracted a terrible disease. My whole body hurt. I was deeply depressed couldnt look after myself even brushing my teeth was a big thing. Just slept a lot. I eventially went to a doctor for help.

Yep. Just human. Not Superman. Just human.

Tintin Hickey Yes I understand

Same here I hope you’re doing so much better now 💕

All work is stressful. Meeting demands that are not your own, having to be places on time, transportation in traffic, waiting for a bus, all create stress.

Yeah but everyone knows though people want to kill themselves. Not everyone knows it can be just as bad higher up.

Someone else made the point already but they’re right.. ppl assume that those in these “better” positions have a much easier time.. it’s showing that real life happens to everyone! Real life problems do not discriminate. To see it that way, you’ll have to stop with this “woe is me” attitude. Your comment just shows you see yourself and anyone “at the bottom” as victims and anyone “towards the top” is automatically “better off” somehow and it’s clearly not true.

What about the farmer?

@@annamarielewis7078 I can agree with that. I think you can be super taxed and stressed regardless of whether you have a "blue collar" or "white collar", or anything in between.

It must be so hard to go through this...I'm in my house all day, I haven't gone outside months ago...my mom brings me food (we live together) and she takes care of me but I don't think she realizes how bad is my situation...I'm 22, I don't go to school nor I have a job, I don't have friends, it's also hard for me to trust people outside in the real world...I also think I need meds, but since I don't go anywhere by myself and I don't want my mom to judge my mental state, I don't think I can receive any treatment...I just wanna die everyday...also my parents just don't get along and our financial situation is very bad. I'm garbage..

I don't think you're garbage, I think you are hurting and need help. I know the fear of asking for help, being afraid no one will be there. But you need to take care of yourself - getting on meds saved my life. I encourage you to ask your mother to take you to the doctor so you can get help.

Mabel R ! No honey , you are just scared and stuck ! Pleace tell your doctor , you need a bit of help , you need to get checked out nevrologicly , psyckologicly , and you need advice. It s nothing wrong with you , you are scared and in a pattern you have lived a long time . We all need a little push sometimes and it s so esy to let days go into weeks ... weeks into months and so on ... You just need someone to teach you and show you what to do ! Baby steps ! There is a whole world out there ... You have to tell someone , ask your doctor for help and say you want to gradually get help to be more independent ! You want a better life , and that is not only possible but very doable ! When you get out more , start to work a bit , maby go in groups ..?? ... you will see more people and get friends ! When you see someone reguarly , you get to know people and you will find someone you like and become friends ... And you will get more confident when you do a job and with time , you will get more confident and care less about small stuff and change and grow with time ! I only talked to my mom and best friend when I was young . Now I feel so much better and so much has changed ! Open up , girl ! Everything / mohst things , will be ok ! Promise that your life will change for the better ! Baby steps ! One back , to forwards !! Pleace hold on ❣️ You are the 3. person in this colom that say the same thing , I have seen so far ! So sad , but you are not alone ! Used to feel like you and live like you when I was sick ! I m glad I didn't take my life , becaus now , I m a mom 💗, and even though lot of things could have ben much esyer , I m pretty ok ! Some days even lucky ! I had a really tough life , so I belive even if we are completly different probebly , You will think back at this time of your life , and think " I m soooo glad I didn't take my life , then I wouldn't be here now and I would never have the good life I now have "... Wish you all the best ❣️ Be pashient ❣️⛈☁️⛅️🌤🌞🌈💝🍀🐨🦄✌🏼🌬✨❣️😉

Mabel R Your not garbage... I think you're simply stuck and fearful. Making changes in your life IS frightening! Sometimes we tell ourselves that making changes is just not worth it, even if your current situation is actually making things worse! I hope you'll get the help you need and can move on with your life. I think you do deserve better in life... but, you'll have to take that first step for yourself.

Stop the meds , this is what is killing you .

I finally collapsed mentally & physically after 35 years of crazy professional life.....I too am diagnosed with PTSD, MDD, Anxiety 😥......

Denise Coelho That may very well be the best thing you could do to take care of yourself!🌺🌺

I'm sorry to hear this. I count down the minutes everyday until work starts , and afterwords all I can think about is now it's bedtime, then countdown to work again . I have previously had days like that from time to time, but it is now every single day , and my job is pushing us even more , even though it has been made public in many media avenues ,that the company pushes it's employees way too much . I have hypothyroidism and depression and anxiety , work from home, and it is still so overwhelming. How do I tell my amazing husband that I am 37 but feel as if I am 67 ? Best wishes to us all.

Im a teacher. I also got burned out. I retired early with penalty, but that $$ only endured one year bc I'm single parent with two children. I don't have much of a financial or family safety net so I eventually had to go back but I chose a higher paying district with better colleagues. It's still stressful and I plan to shift in a year with better planning this time.

I feel for you. Get lots of rest and find a hobby you love and have compassion for. It helps. Best to you my lady.

Try tutoring. Much more relaxed, one on one. Asians love having tutors. 💜