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Anxious

  • 16-07-2012 7:16pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,012 ✭✭✭✭


    Hello. I am so down in myself these days. I am 32 and a half, and feel like an awful failure in many ways. I made some terrible choices down through the years, dropping out of this, that and the other, not saving etc. I have an rather useless degree but no job or prospects or savings.

    I have an OH who loves me. She is my saviour. She accepts me no matter what. We want to have children, but my lack of prospects means I am constantly on edge. Her job is minimum wage, but we get by for now. I wish I could see a way forward. Want to be able to provide, get us a house etc. I know I should be happy with my lot, as we have each other and are both healthy, but am filled with anxiety and guilt every day.

    Thanks for reading.


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  • #2
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,012 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Ok so what type of jobs are you looking for? would you not get a low level job in a company and try and start to work your way up? There is no point in sitting around and waiting for it to happen you need to make it happen, start from the bottom.......if you have your degree you are obviously intelligent - so thats already a bonus

    Good luck


  • #3
    blatantrereg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭blatantrereg


    You dont give any reasons to feel guilty.

    Anxiety can be paralysing. I think it makes a huge difference when you feel like that if you break things down into individual tasks, and focus exclusively on one at a time. It makes things seem a lot more manageable.

    If you can't find a job atm, try to improve your prospects by doing some sort of training, or see about doing community work, or even look at setting up a business yourself, or starting some sort of project. Once you have something clearly defined to focus on that will help you psychologically too.

    Best of luck anyway.


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