Tim
08-14-2011, 10:28 AM
Hi everyone. :)
Basically I have had anxiety 'issues' for as long as I can remember along with OCD and a few other things.
But over the last year its really got bad and I'm struggling to know what to do now. Luckily I have been talking to someone who I met on a car forum with similar problems who has helped me a great deal however he can only help me so much.
Just to give some background info - In august last year I had a bad 'incident' which I'm not going into atm BUT I will say I was a long way from home when it happened and it was related to anxiety. Since then I have not been able to travel further than ~30mins from my house....which would be alright if I lived in town, however I live around 25 mins drive from town! I also get really panicky and bad stress related IBS every time I go out, wherever I go. I also can't eat, drink or use the toilet whilst I'm out.
Now I have been trying to put up with this and was in denial for a while but have finally given in and admitted that I do have a problem.
Now, I'm a 19 y/o student and have had to give up my p/t job at a supermarket becuase I just couldn't handle it anymore. And also missed a lot of college towards the end of the academic year (still scraped a pass though!).
So this is where I'm stuck basically, its the holidays and I have no job and no income! I don't know whether to continue with college next year OR give up and look for a full time job. Either way I'm going to keep having these issues, I realise that, but I also have to think about the money as well. I'm also not sure that I could do a full time job or what jobs would be appropriate (maybe warehousing/shelf stacking without much social interaction?) in my current 'state' so don't know whether I'm applicable for JSA or even (reluctantly) any sort of benefit because of the anxiety.
So what do you guys do for work? Any of you on JSA or anything? Any studying at college? Basically any help will be much appreciated.
Cheers (and sorry for the long thread!)
Tim
Basically I have had anxiety 'issues' for as long as I can remember along with OCD and a few other things.
But over the last year its really got bad and I'm struggling to know what to do now. Luckily I have been talking to someone who I met on a car forum with similar problems who has helped me a great deal however he can only help me so much.
Just to give some background info - In august last year I had a bad 'incident' which I'm not going into atm BUT I will say I was a long way from home when it happened and it was related to anxiety. Since then I have not been able to travel further than ~30mins from my house....which would be alright if I lived in town, however I live around 25 mins drive from town! I also get really panicky and bad stress related IBS every time I go out, wherever I go. I also can't eat, drink or use the toilet whilst I'm out.
Now I have been trying to put up with this and was in denial for a while but have finally given in and admitted that I do have a problem.
Now, I'm a 19 y/o student and have had to give up my p/t job at a supermarket becuase I just couldn't handle it anymore. And also missed a lot of college towards the end of the academic year (still scraped a pass though!).
So this is where I'm stuck basically, its the holidays and I have no job and no income! I don't know whether to continue with college next year OR give up and look for a full time job. Either way I'm going to keep having these issues, I realise that, but I also have to think about the money as well. I'm also not sure that I could do a full time job or what jobs would be appropriate (maybe warehousing/shelf stacking without much social interaction?) in my current 'state' so don't know whether I'm applicable for JSA or even (reluctantly) any sort of benefit because of the anxiety.
So what do you guys do for work? Any of you on JSA or anything? Any studying at college? Basically any help will be much appreciated.
Cheers (and sorry for the long thread!)
Tim