| Topic Name: |
Unemployment & Depression |
| Message Name: |
helpful cliches on your situation...b |
| Date Posted: |
09/10/2004 |
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An unemployed colleague of mine from B-school recently disclosed to me that he is has been diagnosed with a depressive disorder and is currently seeing a psychiatrist. He then warned me as well to become self-aware of a potential depressive disorder.
Neither of us have found gainful employment the past couple of years since we graduated. Both of us were highly successful prior to interrupting our careers and returning to school.
I feel depressed and often distracted but do not know to what degree. However, I feel that I could bounce back when I find a decent position / suitable career . . . . if someone would only hire me. Since I am not very adept at self-diagnosis, I thought I might pose this one to the community. Are any of you going through the same situation? What are you doing about it? |
| Message: |
Waiting, waiting is tough. i myself just moved to NYC about 2 months ago and it is difficult here...i feel for your friend, but i dont' think you will have to go on pyschoactive drugs to combat your restlessness. your friend may have had this quality before the current situation, and now salt is being rubbed into the wound. you may be expereincing milder symptoms that are a common reaction to feeling unwanted, undesirable...being unemployed for a while can of course lead to this sense of worthlessness, and if you give in, then you might have a more serious problem. but, if you remain bouyant, keep your head up and realize that this is a phase of your life that will perhaps one day be the source of a good joke or two, then it seems to me that you will have the strength to keep going.
keep looking, go to places where there might be young MBAs whom you could network with, take walks outside or read, do physical activity to take your mind off of itself. don't plant seeds of fear...they can grow like weeds. i can't stand all of these stupid cliches i'm using...but i think you get the picture.
i myself am going to central park today with headphones and a book in order to enjoy this time that i have. of course, i am not always feeling this good - but i embrace those days too. this is life. it isn't perfect. but if you figure out what you want, go for it. patience is tough, i know that right now more than i ever have. but good things come to those who wait, and those who work for it...
sarah
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