Rainbaby
New Member
hi all,
I have been thinking recently about how difficult it has been to work m-f 8-5 type jobs in my experience. My first job was in retail, which meant different hours than most people, and generally fewer than 40 hours a week. Then I graduated college, and did what was expected of me, which was to get a full time job.
I began feeling trapped, and quit after three months. Got another job and the trapped feeling popped up again. I asked to be transferred to a lower stress department, which was technically a demotion, and had a lot of questions from confused coworkers. Got laid off, got another m-f job, three months later, I quit. After that, I did temp work for about 4 years, and I was pretty happy.
Then, my favorite to job wanted to hire me. The hours were Monday, Wednesday, Friday and I was the happiest I had been in a long time. About a year later, they asked me to go every day, and I said yes. I actually really like the job, so I lasted about two years. Then one day I broke. I just couldn’t do it anymore. I asked my manager how realistic it would be for me to take Wednesdays off, and she actually said ok. This frees me up to go out in public, shop, and do things without feeling overwhelmed.
I’ve never formally been diagnosed with Asperger’s, so there’s always this little voice telling me I’m just lazy. But i see so many similarities in my work pattern and my friend who has been diagnosed.
Anyway, I know that was a novel, but wanted to see if anyone could relate.
I have been thinking recently about how difficult it has been to work m-f 8-5 type jobs in my experience. My first job was in retail, which meant different hours than most people, and generally fewer than 40 hours a week. Then I graduated college, and did what was expected of me, which was to get a full time job.
I began feeling trapped, and quit after three months. Got another job and the trapped feeling popped up again. I asked to be transferred to a lower stress department, which was technically a demotion, and had a lot of questions from confused coworkers. Got laid off, got another m-f job, three months later, I quit. After that, I did temp work for about 4 years, and I was pretty happy.
Then, my favorite to job wanted to hire me. The hours were Monday, Wednesday, Friday and I was the happiest I had been in a long time. About a year later, they asked me to go every day, and I said yes. I actually really like the job, so I lasted about two years. Then one day I broke. I just couldn’t do it anymore. I asked my manager how realistic it would be for me to take Wednesdays off, and she actually said ok. This frees me up to go out in public, shop, and do things without feeling overwhelmed.
I’ve never formally been diagnosed with Asperger’s, so there’s always this little voice telling me I’m just lazy. But i see so many similarities in my work pattern and my friend who has been diagnosed.
Anyway, I know that was a novel, but wanted to see if anyone could relate.