- Oct 4, 2016
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For the last couple weeks I've been warding off depression over unemployment and job search issues. Unlike most people though, I'm actually doing better than most. My situation stemmed from a Eminent Domain situation that gave me money to relocate out of my area, so I'm taken care of as far unemployment goes (I got money for rent and bills way into next year).
I'm trying to find a way to reinvent myself.. as far as new job opportunities go... And well I could use some kind of break through on that.
I came out to Pennsylvania because I didn't have any close friends and relatives after my divorce, and I found the notion of staying depressing because I wasn't really getting ahead financially working the job I did. But where I'm at their seems to be less opportunities, even among some of the survival jobs I've worked in the past.
The one bright area seems to areas like Social Work. I've got a Bachelor's in Psychology, and went through most of a masters degree in a Marriage Family Therapy, but could not finish the degree due to tanking a class in Statistics, and some other complications. But there are jobs in my general area where even a BA in psych would work. The big issue issue, is I've been out of the game for a long time.. like since 1995....
Unfortunately my relationship with my parents is a major sore spot with this problem. I can accept that some problems take time, and sometimes that God can use situations for various reasons especially to motivate people to seek after Him, spend more time on their spiritual lives etc. But it's like I feel a lot of pressure to solve this problem right away when I talk to them, and that makes me feel depressed. I wish I could be a normal regular person, with a normal job history, and skills and just do the usual routine that people do in these situations, but I'm not. I got tons of psychological baggage over the years, and just lots of other issues.
I'm trying to find a way to reinvent myself.. as far as new job opportunities go... And well I could use some kind of break through on that.
I came out to Pennsylvania because I didn't have any close friends and relatives after my divorce, and I found the notion of staying depressing because I wasn't really getting ahead financially working the job I did. But where I'm at their seems to be less opportunities, even among some of the survival jobs I've worked in the past.
The one bright area seems to areas like Social Work. I've got a Bachelor's in Psychology, and went through most of a masters degree in a Marriage Family Therapy, but could not finish the degree due to tanking a class in Statistics, and some other complications. But there are jobs in my general area where even a BA in psych would work. The big issue issue, is I've been out of the game for a long time.. like since 1995....
Unfortunately my relationship with my parents is a major sore spot with this problem. I can accept that some problems take time, and sometimes that God can use situations for various reasons especially to motivate people to seek after Him, spend more time on their spiritual lives etc. But it's like I feel a lot of pressure to solve this problem right away when I talk to them, and that makes me feel depressed. I wish I could be a normal regular person, with a normal job history, and skills and just do the usual routine that people do in these situations, but I'm not. I got tons of psychological baggage over the years, and just lots of other issues.
