it useless fighting SA for me

giantyx

Well-known member
i feel that my fate is already decided before i am born, that i will die without doing anything useful. i feel that i failed miserably even all the more so because i am a degree graduate but i cannot even hold up a 'O' level job. did i achieve anything getting a degree ? NO, because it just made my life all the more difficult because i was friendless through my uni days, i had to waste 5 years getting a useless piece of paper that i do not even remember what i have studied, i do not know what to say in interviews because i have no strengths( honestly i do not have i cannot fake it it makes it worse) and plenty of weaknesses(cannot speak up, slow, clumsy).

i did act and tried to do something about it, as people always say and i swear i hate this advice cause it really is bull**** : " you have never tried, how would you know you cannot succeed?" thing is i tried seeking treatment by seeing a psychologist and psychaitrist and after 4 years what i got was further depression seeing all those mental patients in the hospital and a load of bullcrap cognitive nonsense which makes me think even i could be a psychologist if i did not have SA. i did step forward and applied to be a research engineer which is about the furthest from anti-SA jobs but what did i get? i got a load of weird qustions about why i did not speak up and why i was not proactive and why i did not learn anything and i just quit before i get screwed and got fired instead for doing absolutely nothing over the 6 months of employment. my anxiety and depression got worse i had to up my dosage and my bills went up so to sustain it i went to find a office data entry job, but i freaked out and quit after 2 days cause i got so anxious of just working around people.i went to the community developmental council to seek help and they asked me to go for counselling which really was useless it was the same thing as the treatment for psychologist totally bull****, and they said i was very hard to find a job requiring minimal social interaction i really think they cannot help me.

why is it so hard to earn money if i am willing to slog it out, just that i do not want strangers in my work? i am not asking for charity to sit around waiting for money to just go into my pocket you know.

and besides, CANNOT MEANS CANNOT no matter how many times i tried the result is still the same for SA cause there is no cure for it just like some cancer, an apple will never taste like an orange no matter what you do, and besides i even have alot of fear and difficulties even before the trying stage, come on society does not understand SA and just want to find some excuse to brush us aside. and i am one of those people with absolutely no motivation in life, not that i dont want one but i just do not get pushed by anything in life so how can i be positive? and thinking about the sad fact that the purpose of me to work is just to earn money and survive paying for my expensive SA bills, house bills food lodging just to live till 60-80 years old and die? what a joke.
 

Dinosaur

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Probably like most on here i know how you feel.I tried to fight it in my early 20s without any success and then got back into illegal drugs for many years so i didnt have to face the reality of who i was(not a good move).In my 30s i got to such a low point in my life(no family or freinds) that i decided to try and give up the drugs and face who i was.All i tried to do is focus on myself and try to make myself a better person by eating better and exercising.It was a hard long slog and certainly didnt fix my SA but after a while i got up the nerve to expose all my fears by going on internet dating. Guess i'm a little lucky in one way that i can be half normal in a one on one conversation with the right person but freeze up in groups.Well it went alot better than i expected and after a few good and bad dates i found someone who i fell in love with and was with her for 5 yrs.Something i never thought i was capable of at all

I guess what i'm trying to say is its because i accepted who i was and that i would probably have SA all my life,and still do what i want to do even if most ppl think i'm a freak is how i found hope and love.Hope and the hope of being in love again is what keeps me going in my boring day to day routine

I'm not saying this is the answer and you should stop fighting it,its just what worked for me after a long battle of hating myself because of SA

Sorry for the long reply and i hope it makes sense.I find it hard to get my thoughts and emotions out in words

But hang in there mate,there is ALWAYS hope :)
 

Amitush123

Well-known member
Trying to fight it everyday, fail all the time...wonder if I will have to spend the rest of my life alone...we must keep fighting, though
 
Aside from the SA, which is fairly much a trait you're stuck with unfortunately (imho), i think you need to try and find your motivation & passion & meaning in life (your "life purpose"). Without that, then all else is pointless (as you said), even if you did find a magic cure to your SA. Perhaps the jobs you've had your sights on are "not you"?. Same for your career chioce. You need to find the life that suits you, makes you happy, motivates you,etc. If nothing motivates or gives pleasure (& all life is just boredom & misery), then its my opinion that life is "not worth" living. So basically, the solutions is --> change or die (not literally!)
 

kimberme

Member
I feel the same way... having SA just feels like it is my fault. Why cant i just act normal? I just got my BA in business and I had 7 or so interviews and nothing... I should be so proud of graduating but I am not. I wanted to tell my new Dr to shove it when she said I should be able to get off anxiety meds by now... then she lowered my dosage... thanks ... now I have to fight harder to get up the nerve to demand an increase again
honestly.... I see extremely intelligent people get passed over for good jobs.. Beyond racial diversity ----companies need to embrace diverse personalities.... you have something to offer... you need to always believe that.
 

Amitush123

Well-known member
I feel the same way... having SA just feels like it is my fault. Why cant i just act normal? I just got my BA in business and I had 7 or so interviews and nothing... I should be so proud of graduating but I am not. I wanted to tell my new Dr to shove it when she said I should be able to get off anxiety meds by now... then she lowered my dosage... thanks ... now I have to fight harder to get up the nerve to demand an increase again
honestly.... I see extremely intelligent people get passed over for good jobs.. Beyond racial diversity ----companies need to embrace diverse personalities.... you have something to offer... you need to always believe that.

BA in business?? impressive! thumbs up :)
 
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