Yahoo Answers is shutting down on 4 May 2021 (Eastern Time) and the Yahoo Answers website is now in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
I don't see myself getting another job, help?
I have social anxiety to the max. I can't talk to other people no matter how much I try to force myself and am incredibly self-conscious. I tried having a job at Walmart and while the pay was good I felt horrible. I felt lost unless someone gave me a specific instruction and at a work place like this the bosses weren't around to tell me what to do after I finished doing a task. It feels like I can't do anything without being constantly told what to do.
My mom doesn't understand and refuse to believe I have social anxiety and is pressuring me to get another job, but I see myself blowing this one like I did the one at Walmart. The only job I can see myself doing is making comics and selling them online like other webcomic authors do. I'm more normal on the Internet than in reality, I can talk normally to people without any of the fears or struggles I have when talking to someone face to face.
Is this just a pipe dream, am I going to have to force myself to function normally at work or will I eventually find a job that'll be good for me? And what job is that for a person with social anxiety?
Please and thank you for answering.
3 Answers
- Elaine MLv 76 years ago
If you have to be told what to do every time then working on your own is likely out of the question - no janitor job, musician, or any of the others that ? listed would be for you.
Why don't you get into some volunteer work? It's low stress and you can work on that social anxiety. AND get some therapy. Your mom needs to know that your social skills are sub par, that you're not interacting wel; with strangers and new situations.
There are very few 'at home' jobs you can do, and comics won't make anywhere near the cash you think it does. I suspect even babysitting is not going to work for you. You need to get a handle on things first and then branch out. Waiting and hoping it will go away does not work. I had some social anxiety as a kid and went into waitressing, however the stress DREAMS stayed with me for 14 years (I waitressed for 6 years) so I count that as a big downside. Once I went into office work I not only doubled the money I took home, there haven't been any work related dreams associated with that at all.
- 6 years ago
Why don't you go into therapy and get help for your social anxiety? I believe CBT would be of real benefit to you. You might have to take some time out from work to focus on this.
- 6 years ago
you dont have to do anything in life. in my opinion, i think a stay at home parent, janitor, construction worker, or musician are jobs that would be good for people with social anxiety
