How do you deal with work?

[fox_wannabe]

How is your relationship with work and workplace?

I have problems with holding a job as I always get depressive episode month into the job, which makes me terrible employee. I do not communicate well with people. I do not fit competitive environments and bro culture (all male high testosterone environments). I need to think how do I get around all of that If I want to stay alive. Being neet forever would make me depressed.

 

[Chiisai]

I can resonate with what your experience is but mine's quite the opposite since Im in an office environment that's mostly composed of the opposite gender thus I feel quiet left out.

 

[ItsTimeToExit]

How is your relationship with work and workplace?

I'm faking it.

A couple of people noticed that my demeanour had changed and I got contacted by HR asking questions about my health etc.. etc..

I told them that I'm just tired with a lot on my plate (my department is fairly integral to the companies software systems) and that all I need is a break. The funniest is that the company has been having "ask your colleagues how they're doing" workshops to help people integrate and communicate more etc.. etc..

And there I am sitting and thinking that they were right to be concerned but that it's still probably going to be a surprise for them

 

[ClownMe]

I struggle to hold down a job, work is pointless to me, i dont see a point in busting my guts to make a big cat richer than they already are, so most of the time that im at work im in second gear.

I too, despite the happy act im forced to put on at work, cant relate to anyone and suck at communicating and making genuine connections with my coworkers.

I guess you just have to take it one day at a time or you will lose your mind. The only comforting thing for me is that I know it will soon be over in the near future and ill be able to ctb.

 

[Makko]

I deal with it by having a confrontative job that allows me to channel my universal contempt into a weapon of social and financial mass destruction

 

[AnotherTragicName]

Oh simple, I just don't. :)

 

[Anxieyote]

I'm in my late 20's, and I work in a coffee shop with mostly teenage girls. It's torturous to listen to them exchange details about their latest Tinder dates, and describe the fun things they did with their friends on the weekends.

I have to put on a "I'm not interested in talking to anyone" persona, and just focus solely on my work during my shifts. But the truth is, my lonely life is so far removed from what they are experiencing that I have nothing to offer socially. The last time I actually did a recreational activity with a friend was almost a year and a half ago…nothing notable has happened since.

When I first started, they would express interest and ask what I did last weekend, and I'd just respond with a generic answer like "same ol', same ol'". They can probably sense I have no life, because they stopped asking awhile ago.

 

[H0110W]

It's incredibly hard for me to deal with work. I fucking hate every single second I'm there and I hate everyone who works there. I am barely functional, my productivity dropped to pretty much zero. Bosses are complaining, I think I may be at risk of getting fired, which I cannot afford. Everything feels like a huge chore, to the point I can't even bring myself to go to the restaurant to eat lunch anymore, most of the time I just spend the entire lunchbreak sleeping in my car, which is fking pathetic, I even drive out of the way so that my colleagues won't discover me if they wander around.
When I'm in the office I think of kms constantly, I even consider jumping from the roof sometimes. I will get some meds prescribed soon as I've talked about it with my doctor, and leaving my job isn't an option. I hope the meds will make going to work more bearable, my job isn't so bad on paper, it's all in my head.

And yes, it is torturous to hear your normie colleagues talk about their maybe-not-perfect-but-better-than-mine lives, I can't stand it anymore. Their relationship and sex talks really grind my gears, I used to not give a damn about it but it hits me really hard now. I feel utterly out of place and I am crippled by depression every time I'm at work.