Hello all, just wanna say hang in there and hoping a reprieve is around the corner for your symptoms. This is such a sick bastard of a disease. Would you mind sharing what FT/PT jobs you do that you find mostly supportive of your mental health?
Thank you kindly
I feel the “watch your ass” very much and those fear based work cultures seem to be becoming more prolific with “leadership” styles inept to handle the gamut of how truly to support employees.
Totally.
I also now realized that I forgot to add how much lying, information withholding, and manipulation exists in the corporate world.
I was just watching that cloudflare layoff video and that's just another reason that a corporate environment feels so awful to me.
There have been great posts about it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSD/comments/18op0og/what_kind_of_jobs_do_you_guys_have/
https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSD/comments/sp7fo7/question_what_jobs_are_good_for_trauma_survivors/
https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSD/comments/yvfbov/how_do_you_navigate_jobs_with_cptsd/
Doink - thank you. I did a generic google for the info that didn’t yield too much beyond the customary jobs, so I appreciate the help. I was in a spiral so ya know how things look different on some days than others. Happy Friday!
I work as a substitute teacher and tutor. While working with youth can definitely be unfriendly to CTPSD, it's the flexibility that makes it for me. Also knowing that when I walk out at the end of the day there is not a single thing for me to think about. I control my schedule and can take a day whenever I need it. I actually don't know if I'd be able to heal if I didn't have such a low-stress and flexible job, so I'm very grateful for that. I think another type of job that could work is something that is so routine and predictable that it it becomes no stress at all. So even on bad days you can go in and it's not really a burden to do your job. I'm imagining something not people-facing in that case.
I started as an engineer in a corporate office and grew to hate it. The nature of the job was triggering sometimes but also just the work environment. Everyone is fake and the culture was riddled with toxic and manipulative behaviour. Not a good fit for a peace-seeking people pleaser.
I’m so glad you’ve been able to find the job that works for you! I was a high school English teacher but had to resign. I lost a student to suicide and it just shook my whole world and festered up my ancient trauma.
I agree with the predictability of the work environment, and it feels good to know others get that necessity- it’s not just being picky - it’s a requirement. When I’m job hunting and it lists high stress environment or gives you the Indeed tests asking how you handle stress etc. that makes it quickly to the hell no pile.
I’m glad subbing and tutoring works for you and I love that you’ve mastered the “leave it at work” mentality. Btw happy Friday teach!
Ah man, I get you. High schools are such a raw cross-section of society and rife with triggers and trauma. I didn't really think about it much as a student but as a teacher you see it all. Sorry to hear about your student, that's awful. I had to call CPS during my first semester ever when a student confided about physical abuse at home. She was so casual about it/used to it and I actually understood because my dad was also physically abusive growing up. I started to realize that I'm not cut out for the darker parts of the job and resigned to subbing after the next school year.
And I'm totally with you in terms of job requirements. High stress in an intense environment? Hell no lol. Leave those for the lucky people that didn't use up all their stress tolerance as an adolescent.
Yes on CPS too many times. I imagine a lot of people don’t have any idea the cesspool of trauma schools hold without the adequate resources to truly help students. One that comes to mind is “guidance counselor “ ; I had a colleague that quickly clarified that they never got to counsel due to other prioritized job responsibilities such as: SAT/ACT, enrollment, transcripts, etc. Sighs…okay time for some Zelda. Take care kind soul.
I work a corporate job, it is well paid and the hours are flexible, no limits on sick leave, etc. which is good. However, you are definitely not allowed to 'have' a mental illness—my job (and corporate jobs in general) are performance-based, you do well = promotion, you don't = fired. Depending on the people/industry/time of year, it can get stressful. I have to be very careful to mask at work, as upbeat, motivated, no issues that would affect my ability to do the job. There can be politics, pressure from higher-ups. So overall mixed bag, but I'm grateful for financial security/relative ease of schedule.
Yes, I hear you Primary. Corporate is cutthroat, and it seems others on this thread have similar experiences. I’ve had a couple of careers and corporate law was just as nasty. Masking in the day and crying on the way home. I found it so exhausting. I’m glad you have flexibility and can use sick days as needed. I recognize the need for a job that is manageable on most days but doesn’t tip me overboard with the bs politics, tone deaf leadership, fire breathing micro managers, etc. I think I’ll do a post on Indeed looking to hire :) now wouldn’t that be a fun spin on the job-hunting game! Be well!
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I worked for 15 years in corporate environments and hated every minute of it. Though to be fair, plenty of non traumatized people hate it just as much.
I spent a lot of time trying to climb the ranks and was successful to a certain degree but I always wound up feeling that with each step up, I was getting more and more stressed and I just don't handle that stress well.
I'm currently looking for a new job now and I'm trying to avoid corporations at all costs.
IME, it's less about the job itself (like sales, vs software engineer), and more about the environment. If I find myself in even a remotely triggering environment, then I can't focus and perform well. It just turns out that many corporate environments have many triggering things because they suck in a lot of ways including the required deference to authority and the tendency to feel like you always need to watch your ass.
My choice going forward would be to find an environment that fits me instead of focusing on a specific job. This could, and hopefully one day will mean freelancing/consulting.