(November 14, 2018 at 9:12 am)CarveTheFive Wrote: Good point about school. Thanks.
That applies to jobs as well.
I worked at a pancake joint for almost 7 years. The original owners at first tried to get me to do multiple things, many things I sucked at. But once they realized that if they simply left me at dishwashing, which I was damned good at, and let me make my own decisions, it gave me the opportunity to do all the other shit the other employees didn't like doing.
But, when the place got sold to the new owner, that new asshole tried to get me to move to cook, which I suck at, and always have. It wasn't enough for the new owner to accept what the old owners did, that I could get more done if he had left me alone. It really amounted to the new owner being a greedy fuck wanting to save money on labor by trying to get me to multi task.
My point to the OP is that their mental illness is normal, but it is better to cope with it by not beating yourself up over things others think you should do or be doing. And bad happens to everyone to some degree. How you cope with it helps.
I think far too many humans spend to much time chasing utopias and doing that causes too many to blame themselves for not being perfect.
The most important thing to cope to me, is accepting yourself first, then seeking what you want and having a back up if that does not work out.
I wasn't happy as a diswhasher because it was glamorous. I was happy because I was able to feel like I was accomplishing something and I got to work with people I enjoyed, up until the new owner bought the place.
