I went to the bank to open a new account yesterday and while going through the rigmarole of setting it up the question of what I do for a living arose.
"I'm unemployed" I answered truthfully.
I was then asked how long I've been unemployed.
"Since I finished school" was the only answer I could give.
Rightly or wrongly I found it intensely humiliating. I felt so small and contemptible in the eyes of the other person.
I've been in similar situations before and have always felt the same.
Because I'm not obviously disabled in some way it's all too easy for others to assume that people in my situation are just too lazy to bother working but there are few things that upset and frustrate me more than the fact that my problems have held me back from some sort of career.
I've taken the first couple of short steps to rectifying this in recent months but any progress will inevitably be slow and very difficult.
So few people understand just how debilitating and life-destroying conditions like SP or OCD can be.
Bastards!
"I'm unemployed" I answered truthfully.
I was then asked how long I've been unemployed.
"Since I finished school" was the only answer I could give.
Rightly or wrongly I found it intensely humiliating. I felt so small and contemptible in the eyes of the other person.
I've been in similar situations before and have always felt the same.
Because I'm not obviously disabled in some way it's all too easy for others to assume that people in my situation are just too lazy to bother working but there are few things that upset and frustrate me more than the fact that my problems have held me back from some sort of career.
I've taken the first couple of short steps to rectifying this in recent months but any progress will inevitably be slow and very difficult.
So few people understand just how debilitating and life-destroying conditions like SP or OCD can be.
Bastards!