Hi everyone,

I am just curious to see how many of people on here work part time or full time jobs, and how? I mean with having depression how is it possible to work at a place for 8 hrs and stay there and do it every day???

I just started a new job about 2 months ago, and i find it very hard to get up every morning and work for 8 hrs and pretend to be happy....

I just want to be in a place where i feel safe like my house.....

I feel so insecure and panciky when i am there especaiialy around the people there who all joke with others and then theres me just sitting there trying to tune them out and work...

I work a switchboard in an office so it hard to be alone there

i feel like i am losing the battle with depression and it is terribel

Oh it's hard! I am 25 and I've been in my current job for over four years now. It's my second proper job.

I suppose having a job gives me a reason to get out of bed, I mean if I was unemployed I wouldn't be able to get out of bed and I would probably sit around moping all day. Still I do have trouble getting out of bed, and I dread every working day. I have been on unemployment benefits twice in my life, for a period of seven months each time, and I can say that I prefer to be employed because it gives me a sense of pride, that I have worked for my money.

Hi amc,

I too find it hard to work full time, though it is true that it helps keep your mind off being depressed.

Is there any possibility that you could cut back on your hours to part-time? I have found part-time work to be easier to deal with. Or hopefully things will get easier after a few more weeks, as you get more used to working again. Are you taking any medications? Perhaps something like xanax might help you relax more at work.

Good luck to you, I know it is difficult.

I have a horrible time getting out of bed and going to work every day. I work full time and have been for as long as I've had depression (10+ years). I don't have a choice, though, because I have two kids and a mountain of bills so I just get up and do it every day. I hate it but there's not a whole lot I can do about it.

i have the same problem like you. i work shift and whenever it's the beginning of a 4 day shift, i feel so not wanting to go to work. it's just so hard to pretend. then i quit my job and went for schooling, but find it hard to cope with such hectic university schedule.
now, i go study part-time and work part time. i find it quite good. i try to challenge every negative thought that pop up and it did make me feel more relax and positive. now, working as partimer, i can find time for leisure and do exactly something what i like. and i never felt the stress of not wanting to go working anymore.

just a share of my experience....wish you well

i have the same problem, i've lost several jobs over the years, mostly because i hated getting up in the mornings and i would'nt go in or call but after sleeping all morning by afternoon i wished i would have made myself get up and then there was panic of what excuse i would use calling in in the afternoon, and i did have jobs i liked alot but the depression took over, didn't matter that the job paid well and had great benefits, depression ruled, i ended up on welfare for several years, at least i got to stay home and sleep, i would usually get up and fix breakfast for my kids made sure they got off to school, and went right back to bed and set myy alarm to 30 minutes before they got home, it was easier getting up knowing i would be back in my cozy bed, it wasn't a happy time and that's why at 55 i don't have very mmuch to show for all those years. i'm on a program, a housing program, that matches 30% of your income for 5 yrs, then if you are self sufficent at the end of 5 yrs, they give you a check, it's too good to screw it up, i can't work now, i broke my right arm......also part of the depression when you are not used to working is that we are out of our comfort zone, i hope you can stay at the job you are at and build a work history, i can remember getting up at 6 am and bitching the whole time, cussing and all, and saying "how do people do this everyday? also socializing at work makes your job more enjoyable, having a friend to go on break with and lunch, but i was like you, i didn't feel i "fit in" i usually just tried to escape at lunch time, get in my car and go alone...i wish you the best and i sure hope you can hang in!:wave:

well,

thanks you to every one who took the time to read my post! here i go another day, i just want to go back to sleep too much on my mind and depressed...

hope everyone has aa nice day

i sure wont