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I think the point is though, that if your mental health is at stake, you need to do what you need to do to get out of that situation and not be so choosy. No one is saying you need to stay there forever. This has been an ongoing issue with Paul for several years now, and why I get what you are saying Words, I think it tends to be a bit enabling for this particular poster.

When I was teaching neurotypical high school students, I always dressed older than my age. I was only about four-five years older than my junior-senior students, so a distinction was important. Now, ten years later, I don't have to make the distinction even though I still teach high school aged students...and most of my students have disabilities that render them very childlike in many ways anyhow. So it's not the typical teen...

Quote: Originally Posted by gemma-dahl Craigslist is pretty much a wasteland for anyone in a mid-sized city, especially nowadays, with the recession and the infinite list of spammers and scammers. Ironically, somebody actually posted an ad in the jobs section of St. Louis Craigslist yesterday saying, "Do any of these employers actually answer anybody who responds to these ads?" My first thought was, "OK, you summed...

Quote: Originally Posted by astronaut83 My husband only has one suit (for interviews). He works in a business casusal setting. His way of dressing up to wedding and events is a button-down shirt and slacks. My dad, on the other hand, has like five to seven suits. He doesn't work in a business setting, but since my mom works for a company that makes suits, she tends to buy him one almost every year. Yeah, my dad has about a bajillion...

PenforPrez and ash14vwb, I hope that you all have better luck than I'm having by staying. I'm so down right now, it's beginning to affect my physical health. I was just in a meeting, unable to concentrate and staring at a calendar, trying to figure out how I could pay my bills from the time I quit this job until my money runs out. I can no longer wait to secure another job. I have to get out of here. And it's not just the...

Quote: Originally Posted by wordsmith I dislike supervisory roles in education for the same reason. I want to be teaching kids, not managing adults doing the work I'd rather be doing. This was one of my major revelations this year as well. I would so rather be teaching kids, teaching the kids that WANT to be taught, rather than supervising the teachers that do this. I am a teacher at heart. I need to be teaching. That is what I am paid...

Quote: Originally Posted by ebrillblaiddes I just couldn't keep running on empty for that much longer. This sounds similar to why I left my last job, except it was a set if different issues -- i.e. continual relocation and dreading the Final Destination.

Quote: Originally Posted by PenforPrez My therapist told me this week I need to look at it as I'm staying at this job for me till I can find something else. She told me to look at jobs on Craigslist (I never had any luck with it before) for ideas. Problem is, there's nothing I'm qualified for there except office work, which is none too inspiring. Craigslist is pretty much a wasteland for anyone in a mid-sized city, especially...

It's funny how many women are answering for their SOs...and how many men haven't answered! I think my DH might have one suit, but it's still at his dad's (where he hasn't lived in years) so that's a clue to how often he doesn't wear it. For interviewing, he's done the jacket and dress pants, shirt and tie deal since his industry is more business casual. He also wears this stuff for weddings. I think he...

I walked out on my very first job after grad school. My boss was verbally abusive, tried to turn us against each other, threw stuff at us when we disagreed with her... Everyone in the department was taking antidepressants. When it got to the point that I couldn't sleep on Sunday night for worrying about work on Monday, I knew I couldn't do it any more. I have never regretted quitting.