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My #Daydream seems like a #nightmare

I have a #Daydream where I find the right #Job and lose my #unemployment and work 40 hours a week. It sounds like a #nightmare because a 40 hour work week is #scary for me. It takes away so much time from #Selfcare and #Recovery that it brings me to a point of #tears .

I began to do the whole #comparing myself to others and #Wondering why I could not be like another. I truly feel #helpless whenever I become #jobless

It is difficult for me to find a #Job that can work with a #Disability and not feel #stigmitized by my #employer secretly. I feel like I am this cat in the photo, in my own #World where everything around me is just blowing up. It is not that I do not #Care anymore, but it is that there is only so much I can do. I might as well take normal pictures along the way and try to be as #normal in my #Abnormal world possible.

Perhaps a "vocational" center will be #helpfull in finding a #Career rather than just a job... But I do not know how much #Stigma exists. I suppose I am just #afraid and at the same time #Brave for keeping applying and trying.

Wish me #luck !

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Non-supportive family members.

Due to what's going on in my life, I've been battling a lot of emotional hurdles. Today a family member told me to stop trying to act suicidal because we already had a family member die from suicide and that my ploy for saying I felt that way was just an attempt to gain attention. Naturally, my first thought was, "Why don't you just put the gun in my hand?"

How come so many people say things like that to those suffering from mental illness and how can we get it to stop #Stigma #nonsupportivefamily #comparing #mental #anguish #Pain #n