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I hate work, I wish I could just passively earn money through something valuable but I've made nothing thats worth that value yet. But working retail and barely having money is painpeko.

every day brother

Scared for my life? Never. Scared for my career? Every other day.

very much so. i've only worked one job and despite being an adult for a year or so by the time i finished working there i was still very much the youngest and seen as the child by many. i'd often go to others for assistance if i didn't know how to deal with a situation/customer. i remember one time very early on when i was working there, i was maybe 15 at the time? i was trying to assist someone and they were getting increasingly hostile towards me so a coworker intervened and had me start helping someone else while they dealt with them. if i were to start working again now i worry that i wont be able to as easily ask for help as i am now older and wont have an existing relationship with those coworkers.

Suddenly.. thousands of sushis online and posting! Wow!

>>21438
It certainly takes both parties for help, but I hope you find help if you leave your job

>>21434
I've been scared at work, but that was because I had a homeless guy nearby my workplace at the time who constantly made passes at me and would hang around at night (I worked closing shift). None of my co-workers even cared either, and I'm not the kind of person who could really defend myself unfortunately. I was glad to leave that job. Otherwise, my main issue with jobs has been anger rather than fear. I don't handle authority well, which is kind of ironic given my background, and I tend to not keep jobs for long because of that. I never really lash out, but I do usually end up quitting because I hit a point where I constantly fantasize about physically harming bosses/co-workers and I haven't found any other way to cope with that yet than just removing myself from work.

A few times, yes. A few weeks ago one of our mentally ill clients pulled a gun, and we had to negotiate with him to put it away. One very racist client threatened to attack our staff, and had to be escorted off the property. Every other day or so there is a crime committed in the parking lot, most are just drug deals so I turn a blind eye. Not my business to intervene on. However, a few coworkers have gotten their car broken into or stolen. I caught a guy red-handed trying to steal my cala converter.

I'm the last one out of the building, and by then it's well after dark. So if anyone tried to mess with me, I wouldn't be able to call for backup. It would be lights out for me.

>>21447
You should probably speak with a healthcare professional about that.

>>21462
>You should probably speak with a healthcare professional about that.
I agree, but uninsured + chronic employment = very difficult to get reliable and affordable treatment.

>>21463
I understand, as I've lived in very similar circumstances. But if you're in the US, there may be community health clinics that you can visit for free or very cheap. I visited a community mental health center to get treatment for only $5 per visit, without insurance, because city subsidies covered my visit. You may have similar options. I would recommend going to local healthcare facilities in your area and asking in-person if there are options for uninsured clients, they may have more options than you would think.

>>21437
Same. I'm often scared of losing my job, when I make the slightest mistake or need too long for a task. Other than that I'm mostly frustrated, if I have a noticeable emotional response at all. This has gotten better with my current job, but it still happens now and then.

Not really. I started working at 14 in fast food gigs. I could always find a new job if the one I had sucked too bad. After that it was as construction, same as above. Then as an English teacher abroad. That was to ensure I had money to travel, if I lost my job I'd just blow through my savings then go home. Then in the mental health field working in group homes. We were paid like shit and they were desparate for warm bodies. So good job security. Now I'm in tech and I've been better at the work than most of coworkers in both jobs I've had in this industry. The pay is shit, so we get bottom of the barrel talent.

I've had food thrown at me and been swung on a few times by patients in my care, but like, that's not really scary. I'm fortunate that I deal with stress in the moment very very well and have been blessed with a nonchalant 'what will be will be' psyche.

>>21438
I wouldn't worry too much. Your coworkers want you to do well. Means less work for them. Often they're happy to help you. Some people are dicks about it, but they'll still help. Most people are very understanding that you're going to be bad at things if you're new to them. As long as you put in effort and that's visible to your coworkers you'll do well sushi. Worse comes to worse, there's always a different job. If you fail you can try again with a different job doing different things with different people, there's no permanent record.

I discovered my phobia at job.
The PIPphobia.
Ooooooo it really spooks me ooooooo

>>21493
Wow, all these jobs. You must have learned a lot about how to deal with people. Sometimes I wish I had worked retail for a bit, as much as I understand how bad it can be.

>>21493
I'm thinking of getting into mental healthcare, is the pay really that shit? I'm only making 16/hr working retail and its been hard to pay bills. How is the pay there?

>>21507
I am a yankee, so it may or may not help.

I was working as an unqualified person wiwith no degree. My official title was direct support professional. If you search that title on job boards you'll see how bad the pay is. Social work and DSP work pay pretty poorly, but other roles lay okay. But those roles are licked behind degrees. Direct support professional work is for those that truely care, the desperate, and the student. You can work overnights and get paid to stay awake with certain clients. There's even asleep DSP roles! The pay is bad, but the work is meaningful. For the 2nd year in industry I did awake overnights where I did tech skills grind to get out. It's an excellent role on your resume if you want to pursue this industry, just make sure to ask lots of questions about the clients you'll be looking after! It'll make or break the job.

>>21500
I started work young, at 14. I never did straight up retail but my experience in fast food and carnival food taught me how to deal with the public. It was very good for me at that time in my life. I was (am) deeply introverted and socially anxious. It game me the skills to survive the public and coworkers. If you can handle your manager smoking H at work you can handle an annoying boss later in your career :)

Work is just fear. Pure fear.

>>21507
Haven't worked in mental healthcare and don't know what kind of role or place you're thinking about, but wanted to add some perspective and tidbits as someone who spent a month in a psych ward.

You could really tell that some folk actually wanted to help, and some just saw you as a problem. People in there can be very fragile and you need a fair bit of patience. I was having trouble taking the meds early on. One of the staff tried to solve it by being menacing, another told me I could have another chance to take them only if I went to a different room for no other reason I can think of than to learn to obey, training me like a dog.

Also quite important to speak very plainly when interacting with people in an episode. Lots of small things said by staff that wouldn't have been bad for my condition if only they spoke plainly rather than by implications.

>>21434
I've only ever had one job and was fired after a couple months. I've been too afraid to find work ever again or even go outside. Fear of failure hangs over me like the sword of damocles.

All the time. Mostly because of myself.

At any time, I'm scared I will lose my job, and be without the income I'm used to having.

>>21462
Does not sound like comfy times at your job sushi.
Hate to recommend it but can you carry a gun to your workplace?