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Career choices for ppl with depression and anxiety disorders.

  • 21-03-2016 4:27pm
    #1
    trixychic
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    Ok I may very well be in the wrong place so mods and admin move id necessary.

    So I am an ENFJ personality (thrive in social settings, very caring and apparently natural born leader... though i never thought of myself that way.) but i also have generalised anxiety disorder and depression... well I'm managing my depression.

    My problem is I have no idea of which career path to take. I know I want it to be in a social setting as I love socialising, but ppl tend to take advantage of me and pile my work up with theirs. I also stress very easily and hate conflict or failure.

    So I would love to know. If you have GAD or depression... what kind of job do you do that you actually enjoy??? Or what job would you love to do.

    My little ones will be on school full time next yr and I want to retrain. I'm only 26 so plenty of time to start anew.

    Any career aptitude tests I've taken are pointing to psycology or social work or counsellor...


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  • #2
    StripedBoxers
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    I have the ISFJ personality type (according to one of those online survey things) I chose office work for my career as its something I love and something I am good at. I prefer office work where I am not dealing with the general public.

    I've dealt with the general public through a previous job that and I hated it. I couldn't stand dealing with the public, I worked in a different place after that where I didn't deal with the public but had a lot more work and was working in different depts and I loved it.

    Got on well with my colleagues, despite it being a pressurised and faced paced environment it was still quite relaxed.


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