Plissken
Active member
I've recently been given a deadline by my parents that I need to get a job. I'm 18, and I've never worked anywhere before. The reason they're really crackign down on me is because I dropped out of a community college without telling them and wasted their money and half a year of my life. I had been going for about 3 months when the pressure got to be too much and I just stopped going. I'd leave in the mornings and then just stay in my car or go to the library or something. I feel very horrible about doing this but I'm sure all of you understand how social anxiety can make going to class a living hell.
Well now, I need to get a job within a few weeks or I risk getting kicked out of the house. I've been going around and asking for applications, which is very stressful to me, and sometimes I leave the store before I ask anyone. Just the act of filling them out fills me with anxiety and a lot of the time I just can't go back and turn them in. I had an interview this morning to work at this bread bakery place and I feel like I did horrible. I'll feel bad if I don't end up getting the job, but even worse is if I did get the job. I don't know if I could handle working in a bakery like that around people all the time.
Please share your stories of your job searches and how you got used to working and how the experience was. I need some help. My parents don't understand why I won't get a job and think it's because I'm lazy. If I tell them about social anxiety, they tell me things like "get over it" or "be yourself."
Well now, I need to get a job within a few weeks or I risk getting kicked out of the house. I've been going around and asking for applications, which is very stressful to me, and sometimes I leave the store before I ask anyone. Just the act of filling them out fills me with anxiety and a lot of the time I just can't go back and turn them in. I had an interview this morning to work at this bread bakery place and I feel like I did horrible. I'll feel bad if I don't end up getting the job, but even worse is if I did get the job. I don't know if I could handle working in a bakery like that around people all the time.
Please share your stories of your job searches and how you got used to working and how the experience was. I need some help. My parents don't understand why I won't get a job and think it's because I'm lazy. If I tell them about social anxiety, they tell me things like "get over it" or "be yourself."