How to Deal With a Job When Depressed?

[Opaline]

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[Gaucho]

wow, this place doesn't sound very normal to me. if i may ask, what is this job?

you ever thought of quitting and searching for a new job? i know its very difficult if you suffer depression. i wish you the best. try to be strong and improve the situation you are in, it can get better, you only have to belief in yourself.

 

[Dovahkiin]

Sometimes I just think about going home at the end of the day. Sometimes it helps sometimes it doesn't. Think about rocking out to your favorite songs when you get home or taking a bubble bath with candles. Or think about what kind of amazing dream you'll have when you fall asleep.

 

[mikebird]

What this means to me is how salespeople put a glimmer on things to make them appealing

The products, and the people selling them are appealing

Brilliant
Excellent
Outstanding
Beautiful
Fabulous
Fascinating
Wonderful
Tremendous
Amazing
Terrific
Extraordinary
Fantastic: the worst, and over-used one
Astonishing
Magnificent
Marvellous
Splendid
Great

There is a group for these I can't remember... super...xxx..fluous? No need for those with SA. There's room for a frown

Conundrum to achieve when you're feeling rough, and it's hard to smile broadly.
More to life than perfect. Immature bosses

I dislike the agents who sell... houses, or jobs, to make them appealing, when there might be hidden negatives underneath

Hey! This is a brand new opportunity!!!

 

[Rembrandt Broam]

Once it was not so - it was about bartering goods because you needed something

Now it's about creating that need, or making people think that they need your product because everyone else has/is getting it. ::

 

[MikeyC]

I am depressed a lot and I have a split shift, meaning I work 3 hours in the early morning, and 3 hours in the afternoon. Regularly I have to go to work when I'm depressed and sometimes that can be the hardest thing to do in the world.

The morning shift is easier to cope with because there are people everywhere and some of them can be quite funny and easy to get along with. One of them I can even talk to about my issues and he will listen intently and offer his advice and sympathy.

The afternoon shift is more difficult because once everyone leaves, I am the only one there...just me, my music, and my thoughts. That can bring me down and if I'm depressed before I even get there it can be difficult to get through.

I have to go to both, though, otherwise I'll have no money and no job (and subsequently no car), and then I'd be really depressed.

I'm fortunate in that my job doesn't have customer service. I'm sorry you have to go through your crap, Tally. I hope you can get some solace, or, best-case scenario, a better job where petty things don't matter and you can somehow avoid customer service.

 

[MikeyC]

No... customer... SERVICE!? If you don't mind my asking, what is it that you do? If you don't want to answer that's totally fine.

Heh, I'm a cleaner. My morning shift is at a Police station that runs 24/7, hence the people there, as most of them are cops. My afternoon shift is at a primary school, so the kids are gone and the teachers leave soon after, which is why I'm alone. I answer to nobody except my boss who is not there very much, anyway.

 

[dyingtolive]

was reading this thread but unfortunately dont have anything helpful to contribute... but was also wondering what mikeyC's job was.. and i find the idea of the 3 hour shift cleaning a school awesome! the police station sounds a bit scary to me though..

 

[MikeyC]

the police station sounds a bit scary to me though..

My very first shift was really scary. I had never seen so many cops in one spot before, and I was worried about not stepping on toes. I realised that they're just people after a while and most of them will at least say hello.

I've made a few friends in Police radio, who I keep in touch with and have on my Facebook.

 

[coyote]

Heh, I'm a cleaner...

*imagines Harvey Keitel*

...I've made a few friends in Police radio...

careful, those people are nothing but trouble

 

[MikeyC]

*imagines Harvey Keitel*

*Googles Harvey Kietel*

I don't get the correlation.

careful, those people are nothing but trouble

Ha. I beg to differ, actually. They're all really nice. Well, most of them, anyway. I don't work in that department anymore so I see them less, but I still talk to a lot of them.

 

[dyingtolive]

to Tally, i guess all i can say is u can use this job as an opportunity to help your people skills. And to keep you in a pleasant mood, you can daydream of having another job

 

[Silatuyok]

It sounds like the job is not a good fit for you, on many levels. I worked at a sandwich shop once and it is impossible not to feel self-conscious, especially if it is the type of place where the customer can stand there and watch you assemble their food (ugh!). Also, I agree that the management sounds really kooky. My best suggestion is to try to find a new job that may be better suited to your situation.

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

I was never very good at hiding my feelings from customers when I was going through a stage of depression at work.
I would throw myself in and do 100+ hours a week just to keep myself busy, but I'd still be crying and panicking all day long over the most ridiculous triggers.

Last job I had, going on 4 years ago... I was fired for crying infront of customers. People were complaining, apparently-- it made them uncomfortable.

Although I always felt like distraction is one of the best ways to cope with anxiety, I'm not so sure if it really helped me that much more... and I couldn't really comment on the whole... social/dealing with people aspect.

...oh, I'm really no help. -__-' sorry, Tally.
If you're not already doing creative things every day to help take out some stress and let your mind wander freely-- you could try that.
Keep yourself busy. Find new things to do every day.

 

[Aletheia]

I don't get the correlation.

The Assassin/point of no return - Cleaner Scene - YouTube

 

[MikeyC]

Yeah, coyote linked me that. I get it now. I am nowhere near that badass.

 

[kihira]

Depression has probably been a factor for me in leaving a few jobs, when I'm depressed I dont function as well, I dont do my job as well as I could which feeds the depression. When I'm down I withdraw from people as I lose the ability to communicate comfortably, so I dont hang around with coworkers during breaks and they possibly think I'm weird.

 

[NightsWatchBro]

Last job I had was in a factory. Lots of employees are negative. Employees have nothing to think but talking **** about other employers and making gossips. At my first week, there was already people talking **** about me.

 

[NightsWatchBro]

It really sucks when alot of us has to work in jobs that we hate. It sucks more when we are stuck at it.

 

[MsBuzzkillington]

I have a part-time job. I really need the money as I am literally broke. I am also very VERY depressed right now, even borderline suicidal. How do I cope with a job that deals with the public?

The most awful part of it is, my workplace is OBSESSED with their employees always presenting a smiling face at all times. I hate to sound super negative, but for people like me this is hard to keep up constantly when you feel like absolute crap.

To illustrate just how obsessed they are, I came in to work one day and my manager asked me how I was. I gave what I thought was a fairly normal reply without attempting to sound super fake cheerful and said, "I'm alright" in a not-gloomy-but-not-super-happy voice. He responded, "Just alright!?" and seemed annoyed that I wasn't super happy and energetic. What do these people want, superhuman robots? I'm going through a very bad time (understatement), I'm not exactly Miss USA all-smiles. Please forgive me.

I was eating one of their sandwiches once and my manager said, "How is it?" Honestly, it wasn't the best sandwich I'd ever had but it wasn't bad, so I said, "It's good." He said, "Good!? Just good!?" Ugh! What does he want, "It's FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!"

Oh, and they don't even let us use our cellphones on our break. And they make us stand in line to get our food, which cuts into our break time (only 20 minutes to begin with) by a LOT.

Anyway, rant aside... How do YOU all cope with a job if you have one, if you are depressed? Especially if you have a job in customer service where it is basically a requirement for you to smile all the time and be super friendly.

I honestly think you are reading a bit too much in the "always have to be cheery thing." LOTS of people respond with "just alright?! WHAT?!" type of thing. It sounds like it is just your manager is just one of those people who are always cheery. I agree that is annoying and it can be fairly difficult to deal with when you are depressed. It is difficult to try and keep up a smile when you are feeling so miserable inside.

Sounds like a normal customer service job, nothing out of the ordinary. When you work customer service you have to be Ms. Superpeppyalways cheery.

I don't have any good advice though, sorry. When I was working customer service I was miserable. I had a manager that was like yours and he was obnoxious and he was also really loud. I just went in, day after day and just... dealt with it. Eventually the customer service requirements changed and after getting yelled at so much I had to just quit.

Maybe try looking for another job, something that deals with data entry or one that you have to sit behind a desk. Finding a job is hard, but you can find something if you look enough.