Teaching

I'm going to be a preschool teacher! After working 10 years in the corporate world I'm switching my career back to teaching.

Working in the corporate world can feel exhausting, overwhelming and honestly like I'm a human robot.

I'm excited to do work that's meaningful and rewarding. These little lives are trusting me to guide and help them learn in a safe fun environment. As my mom would say, "I'm up for the job!"

A big source of my unhappiness stemmed from not being fulfilled in my career. I believe that's why a lot of people are unhappy. Its what we spend most of our lives doing so we should do what we love.

I love teaching, I love leading by example and I love guiding children who will one day rule the world. They are our future and the responsibility is mine.

If you can, do it for your mental health, do it for your passion, do it for your life. Live the life you've always dreamed of.

Switching careers doesn't take away my depression and anxiety but I understand I need to do the things that feeds my soul and exites me in a good way. We're only here for a limited amount of time. I might as well live it how I want to even if that means coloring outside of the lines a little.

I want to know your experience about a sudden switch in careers. What are you passionate about? Are you doing what you love?

#Teaching #passion #Children #preschool #Depression #Career #Anxiety #Love #dreams #god #MentalHealth #Trust

Have anyone experienced #OCD -related to your own #intelligence , like

(i) "I don´t understand all I´m #Teaching ",

(ii) "I might be dumb or way less smart than I thought",

(iii) "I dont understand this or that which is taught when we are kids",

(iv) "I´m not intelligent as I thought cause I think I don´t understand trivial things and I start to think about the reason behind some basic #knowledge , like i was learning it for the first time" ?

I used to be proud about my career and #academic achievements, and today I sometimes doubt about the things i teach, about being the intelligent person i used to be proud of, or about being capable of understanding very trivial knowledge I was taught (and used during a great part of my life) long ago.

I’m back to teaching after nearly 6 months (was furloughed due to COVID) and it’s KNACKERING. I forgot how much tiredness and pain it caused. Having some additional health issue (not very serious ones) but with it added in to the normal stuff and all the new covid regulations meaning more walking... in just so unbelievably tired. Starting to doubt my own capabilities tbh. Worthwhile, rewarding and motivating but also... Knackering. #rant #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #ehlersdanlossyndrometype3 #hypermobileehlers-DanlosSyndrome(hEDS) #HypermobileTypeEDS #HypermobilitySyndrome #JointHypermobilitySyndrome #Teaching #Work #Disability #Pain #tiredteacher #Insomnia #PerniciousAnemia

This is my first post! I’m hoping that using this app will help me stay honest about my recovery.

I’ve always struggled with generalized anxiety disorder, depression, and panic attacks. I’m also really sensitive about my emotions and other people. I often find myself so overwhelmed with feelings that I need to completely shut down before I have a panic attack.

My background is in education. I taught in public schools for 4 years, but this past year, I had to leave. I was bullied my first year of teaching and had extreme doubts in my abilities. It seems that everyone has a rough first year, but my bully made me want to leave the profession. I learned how to overcome those feelings for two more years of successful teaching until 2019-2020 school year happened. I got a new job and i was hoping for the best year so far The program I entered was absolutely traumatizing. I only lasted until the end of September before quitting and ultimately leaving the profession. I was working 14 hour days, I didn’t eat for a month, was dealing with class sizes up to 100 students and was completely failing. I ended up spending a week at the hospital before leaving the position. I decided from there that I could not teach anymore, which was the hardest decision of my life.

My recovery process was really difficult. I had nightmares about teaching every night, would experience flashbacks to different events that year and my panic attacks were occurring multiple times a day. I was diagnosed with PTSD. On top of that, I had knee surgery in November and it did not go well. All parts of my health were falling apart.

Currently, I feel like I am getting better. I have been with my therapist for a few months, my nightmares have been better, and my knee is slowly healing. I have also *finally* accepted that I am no longer a teacher. I really am proud that I’ve come this far!! I’ve also been accepted into a grad school program for ABA therapy.

Now, I want to work on my drinking. While I don’t feel that I have alcoholic tendencies, I definitely feel like I use alcohol in the evenings to cool off my anxiety in the evening. I don’t always know how to just exist without medication helping me. If anyone has advice about this, I’d love to hear it.
#Anxiety #Teaching #Education #PTSD #Alcohol