Having a low day. | ADHD Information

Please don't hate yourself. It's not good for your health. You're a very special person. The people who criticize you and put you down just don't know you both on the inside and out. Nor mentally or physically. What matters is you're doing your darnest! Even if it's not to that person's satisfaction. Noone's perfect, and perfect is near impossible in God's world. ^_^ Thank you. Once again, you have no idea how much your kind words to me. There are days like today where I have no one that I want to call about this...no one that I really want to tell it to. Your encoragement means so much.

tukaiotaku, thank you.

WK01, your words are inspiring. Your painful experience with the insurance agent was almost a ditto of what my co-worker said our boss asked when I was 18. it was a hellhole of a warehouse job (I was required to wear a DRESS!). The work was so  monotonous, I was depressed beyond imagination, and I had no idea how to control my blood sugar. I would practically go into a coma every day.

I have also been looking into switching to become a teacher or trainer. I think I am good at that. I haven't a clue how to get started though. If you have an extra minute, would you mind shairing (you can PM me) how you are going about it? I had thought about special education or even private training for animal issues (I have quite a knack and a huge interest).

Thank you again for taking the time to try to help me.

bb

I was fired from a job in January due to making 'too many mistakes'. Before I went on my medicine, I was inconsistent on little details, making small mistakes because I didn't (couldn't) really pay attention to them. My supervisor would consistently  yell at me, and one time I had an insurance agent ask me if I was retarded.

I am sure that you can fit in, a place where you belong. I didn't know it at the time, but being stuck in a cube was driving me crazy. I am know back in school on my way to get my teaching degree. I want to do special education. This is something I feel as if I can make a positive difference in someones life. This is something that is making me strive to do better, to pay attention, to just be happy with something.

Things will get better for you, I hope. Just believe in yourself, and think what makes you happy. If it's dogs, or animals for that matter, why not something in the vetirinary field. Anything to make you feel better.

Once again, I am screwing up the project at work and am getting chewed out.  Another job, another failure, another lecture, another painful blaming session, another threat. Wondereing, "What Good Am I?" "Where do I fit in?"

Hugging my dog, reading, sleeping, and watching TV seem to be what I do best.

I hate me right now.



very blue bird
Don't hate yourself, it won't accomplish anything!

I know how you feel though. Every few days I get "told" about some stupid little mistake I have made. I don't take criticism well and nothing makes me feel worse than a "next time you should...", or a "you have to remember to....". Ugh!

I'd love to stay at home and work on my crafts, play with my cats, and basically just answer to no one but myself! Too bad I need that damn paycheck.....
Exactly. I just got told the most basic things today, "You need to remember to..."

It's not really very useful direction.  How can I remember what I can't remember? Would you tell that to an Alheimer's patient? Telling me these things only causes an internal panic which is likely to make me mess up on something else because my mind has gone into fight or flight mode.

I just want to quit and I feel like I have to stick it out until the end of the project when they hang me (not just fire me).



bluebird3838530.5956944444

This is a depressing post for me. My screw-up's were more frequent for me in school. School is where I learned to AVOID involvement in most projects. When I am asked to take on special projects at work I pick:

Projects where I work alone AND (VERY IMPORTANT) the required results of my labor are spelled out to me VERY CLEARLY in advance.

Projects where I will be required to work with *small* a team of others....up to three people, I inform my supervisor that my responsibilities need to be clearly spelled out with a very clear understanding of what will be expected from my end result.

Projects where I work with a large amount of team members: Five or more people. I do my very best to keep out and away of such projects. I have been known to take very drastic measures to remain away from such projects, even to the point of taking sick days at key days where my attendance is vital.

I have lots of reasons for listing my preferences above, but in short, they work for me.

Reading this post the next morning, I realized that my reply may not have been very clear to others (one of my ADHD problems) so I reworded some things just for clarification.

ZORG38531.3576388889Zorg, that's very interesting. I'll have to keep that in mind.

I hate meetings beyond belief. If I have to endure a meeting that seems like something that could have been handled in an email it just annoys the living daylights out of me.