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Started by Livewire April 15th, 2013 9:25 AM
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Age 30
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Seen December 24th, 2018
Posted December 24th, 2018
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8.7 Years
Here's my problem.

I cannot find a job worth keeping. I was delivering pizza with Papa John's for awhile, but after they hired about a million new drivers, my hours got shot and the money stopped flowing. I wasn't even scheduled any football nights before I quit. Then I started delivering sandwiches for Jimmy John's, thinking it would be better. That turned out to be false, the customers tip like crap and its not worth the ware and tare on my vehicle.

So my question is, what should I do? All I want to do is find a job where I'm not making garbage money. It doesn't really help that Arizona is a right to work state, if they don't like you for any dumb reason they don't even have to hire you.

You serious, bruh?
Scotland
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Posted December 11th, 2020
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Here's my problem.
So my question is, what should I do? All I want to do is find a job where I'm not making garbage money. It doesn't really help that Arizona is a right to work state, if they don't like you for any dumb reason they don't even have to hire you.
You could try working for the U.S. Postal Service. They should provide a decent paycheck along with great benefits if you work for them long enough.

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I can't find anything here either that doesn't conflict with my school schedule or require teamwork skills

And to make things worse, looking for a job cause me to get burnout
Be strong, TheUncreativeSawsbuckFan. You're perfect as you are
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I can't find anything here either that doesn't conflict with my school schedule or require teamwork skills

And to make things worse, looking for a job cause me to get burnout
Do you have a car? Cause you could always do Uber/Postmates as a part time job in the interim while you still look for a full-fledge job.
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Do you have a car? Cause you could always do Uber/Postmates as a part time job in the interim while you still look for a full-fledge job.
I haven't even taken drivers ed yet
Be strong, TheUncreativeSawsbuckFan. You're perfect as you are
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I haven't even taken drivers ed yet
Well if anything, Postmates allows you to make downloads on foot or bike. Download the app and see if it may be applicable to your area.
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Help one of my friends is upset that im making new friends

you cannot hope to win
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well evidently they're not your friend then
mandated emotional crutch does not mean friendship

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I've been getting anxiety at night and I can't figure out how to shake it. It's a very overwhelming feeling, I get on edge, the blood rushes to my body, my mind races

It's something I've been able to ignore because it doesn't happen during the day, and there are other people around anyways.

I would keep ignoring it, but I've been up till 2 or 3 AM sometimes dealing with this, and I have no energy at school the next day.

The only person I live with is my Mom, and she works night shifts so there's not much she can do. So I'm home alone to deal with this

Sometimes I can make it go away, by drinking a glass of water, showering, pacing around enough

I don't even want to post this here, but it's already started tonight and I don't even feel like dealing with it. It's been going on for a couple months, some nights it doesn't happen but tonight it's pretty bad

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I'm not sure if this will really help, but just a suggestion. Have you tried meditation-style breathing? Just breathing in deeply and slowly, then exhale slowly as well. Try to focus only on your breathing, keeping it slow and steady. Just keep doing that for a good while, then you can see if that calms down your body and mind at all.

As I said, not sure if that will help, but it's something you can try.

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ZeoStar

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I'm not sure if this will really help, but just a suggestion. Have you tried meditation-style breathing? Just breathing in deeply and slowly, then exhale slowly as well. Try to focus only on your breathing, keeping it slow and steady. Just keep doing that for a good while, then you can see if that calms down your body and mind at all.

As I said, not sure if that will help, but it's something you can try.
I tried meditating but everything rushed to my stomach, then my heart started racing. The feeling went away though after I distracted myself with a game. It's lingering a bit, but I know im not gonna die now

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I tried meditating but everything rushed to my stomach, then my heart started racing. The feeling went away though after I distracted myself with a game. It's lingering a bit, but I know im not gonna die now
Then maybe that's what you need, something immersive to distract yourself from it. As you've seen, a video game can do that, you might also try reading a good fiction book to take your mind off of things.

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I tried meditating but everything rushed to my stomach, then my heart started racing. The feeling went away though after I distracted myself with a game. It's lingering a bit, but I know im not gonna die now
Maybe the trouble is you don't like being alone?
Anyway I agree with immersive distracting activities, That usually works for me.
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ZeoStar

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Maybe the trouble is you don't like being alone?
Anyway I agree with immersive distracting activities, That usually works for me.
I don't know what's causing it. I've never had anything similar before, and anxiety has always been foreign to me. Being alone could have something to do with it, I guess.

I'll stick to distracting myself with things when it happens. I got through last night, so I can probably deal with it when it happens in the future

Thanks ????

gimmepie

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I don't know what's causing it. I've never had anything similar before, and anxiety has always been foreign to me. Being alone could have something to do with it, I guess.

I'll stick to distracting myself with things when it happens. I got through last night, so I can probably deal with it when it happens in the future

Thanks ????
Also might be a good idea to talk to a professional.
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ZeoStar

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Also might be a good idea to talk to a professional.
Ehhhhh maybe. It's probably caused by me stressing over things too much, last night I may have been overthinking and not realizing it.

I was expecting a repeat of last night, to happen again tonight. But nothing happened. I probably won't have this anxiety by the end of next month when all is slowed down.

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That's good and all, but like gimmepie said, you might want to seek professional help. If this turns out to be a reoccurring thing, it would be better to get the advice of someone who knows their stuff. Ultimately, the decision is up to you, but I would recommend it.

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ZeoStar

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That's good and all, but like gimmepie said, you might want to seek professional help. If this turns out to be a reoccurring thing, it would be better to get the advice of someone who knows their stuff. Ultimately, the decision is up to you, but I would recommend it.
I doubt I could even if I wanted. My mother would likely tell me "suck it up" or "you'll be fine, it's in your head." I still don't know how to drive, and I wouldn't have money to pay for a professional because I'm a broke high school student.

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Obviously I don't know where you live, but there's lots of different kinds of medical insurance for those who receive low pay, or none at all. At the worst, you could bus it to one of these places.

Considering what you have experienced, would you really want to continue experiencing this, or bite the bullet and receive professional help? Again, it's all up to you.

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ZeoStar

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Obviously I don't know where you live, but there's lots of different kinds of medical insurance for those who receive low pay, or none at all. At the worst, you could bus it to one of these places.

Considering what you have experienced, would you really want to continue experiencing this, or bite the bullet and receive professional help? Again, it's all up to you.
I can't just bus it around anywhere. I don't live in a city, and the public transportation here is terrible. Buses are infrequent, they don't cover every route, and we're moving next month, to a place which puts us even further from the public transport.

string555

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I can't guarantee this, so don't quote me on it. There may be a way through free medical insurance to give you access to public transportation. Again, don't quote me on this, but it may work out if you look into it. It seems worth a try, what do you have to lose through trying it?

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ZeoStar

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I can't guarantee this, so don't quote me on it. There may be a way through free medical insurance to give you access to public transportation. Again, don't quote me on this, but it may work out if you look into it. It seems worth a try, what do you have to lose through trying it?
99% of the time, I'm okay. Which is why all I wanted was a quick solution. Immersing myself in things works well enough, all of this seems worse than what I'm dealing with. If it ever got to the point where it was happening throughout the day and I couldn't function, I would go through with this, but I don't see it getting to that.

ZeoStar

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That's good. If all it takes is playing some games to make you feel better, then that's a win.
just keep it up. :D
I appreciate the advice of course, thanks for looking out.

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Might seem simple, but keeping a consistent schedule helps me. If I stay up too late, a lot of times I'll lie awake worrying about losing sleep and I lose more sleep doing that. So what I've done is set a notice to go off on my computer when it's getting close to the time I typically go to bed so I can wrap up what I'm doing and be in bed at the same time every night (usually right at midnight). Sometimes I stay up late anyway, but that's at my own discretion; it doesn't jump on me like it used to.
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