Anyone else want to die because they lack skills?

[Winter_Flower]

Yep, that's one of my reasons amongst numerous others. After being out of work for a year now, looking at jobs, nearly every single one states must have A - C in maths and English. I have English but fucked up maths big time due to a family argument the night before. My previous job in pharmacy is no longer a choice for obvious reasons. If I don't end up eventually ctb I'm looking to start a business, no idea what but at least I'll be in charge of me and no one else controls my destiny but myself x

 

[XXX]

<<total fuckup here and too late to achieve anything except an amateur skill at a hobby. I have a university degree and have had several professions but never fit in and if it's something I actually want to do I am rejected because bipolar. I have tried to prove that bipolarity doesn't make me weak or unreliable - and have had endorsements etc - but those who decide might as well consider me a criminal or leper.

Fuckit.

 

[End Piece]

Also zero skills coupled with zero memory for thing I'm not personaly interested. The wierd thing is I look smart and ppl asume I'm highly educated (I'm at 16 YO level too) and then get angry with me thinking I'm fucking with them playing dumb or something.
I even had a hard time working at coffee shop, couldn't remember simplest orders not to mention money thing...

Are u me? I'm good at faking intelligence, like I crush job interviews, but suck at actual jobs. It has led me to believe that maybe I'd be good in sales?
Anyway, holy shit, I worked at a busy café once and quit after two shifts, so don't worry about that.

<<total fuckup here and too late to achieve anything except an amateur skill at a hobby. I have a university degree and have had several professions but never fit in and if it's something I actually want to do I am rejected because bipolar. I have tried to prove that bipolarity doesn't make me weak or unreliable - and have had endorsements etc - but those who decide might as well consider me a criminal or leper.

Fuckit.

You're not a fuckup my friend, you're a victim of a system that treats mentally ill people like garbage.

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

Also zero skills coupled with zero memory for thing I'm not personaly interested. The wierd thing is I look smart and ppl asume I'm highly educated (I'm at 16 YO level too) and then get angry with me thinking I'm fucking with them playing dumb or something.
I even had a hard time working at coffee shop, couldn't remember simplest orders not to mention money thing...

I also have no memory (or very little) for things I'm not interested in.

 

[End Piece]

If it makes you feel any better I have a BS in Business from a top 10 University in the US and can't find work in my field. After making 40k per month for several years I now drive a semi truck and earn 400 per week after child support. That's below the poverty level. Life's a bitch.

That... does not make me feel better. I'm sorry dude, that sounds rough, I can't imagine.

 

[Moonicide]

Same here. I have a hard time processing and focusing on things. I never finished school and dropped out.

 

[End Piece]

Once again, I'd like to throw out the idea of us un or undereducated folks joining a commune. Just having a simple, salt of the Earth life and being away from *angsty teen voice* mainstream society.

 

[Squiddy]

I don't even know why I'm in college when I know full well I'm not gonna remember any of it due to a bad memory and brain fog

 

[XXX]

You're not a fuckup my friend, you're a victim of a system that treats mentally ill people like garbage.

Thanks honey, that's what my therapist and loved ones are telling me. But when it's based on what you *are*, what your mind is (a double-edged sword of intensity, inability to ignore how everything is connected to everything) - it is hard to see the difference :(

 

[Scooby-Doo]

I'm 43 and thick as fuck which is the least of my problems. I just constantly daydreamed at school. I was bored shitless and hated it. I do have a job, but now they've started to do courses and I'm worried sick. I hate exams etc, I'm anxious writing this and I don't know why because if I show myself up it will be the encouragement I need to CTB.

 

[issyishere]

I've always felt like I was further behind than my peers in terms of skills and occupation, I'm too tired to fix myself now

 

[LegaliseIt!]

Hmmm maybe us Canucks should join a commune.

I'm in!
I had skills, but at 56, no one wants to hire me in a technology intensive field. One look at my aged appearance, and it's," OK, Boomer!"

 

[BridgeJumper]

Same
I dropped out of every single post high school education because of my mental illness, and Im so dumb I cant pass finals even though I retook them twice, so my path to a career in art academy is effectively closed off.
I even attended school joint with outpatient mental health program, and it still failed because they expelled me for being too suicidal.
I used to be what you might call a prodigychild before I got sick. Now Im just dumb and idle.
Training to become a professional artist was my only reason to carry on living so now I just want to ctb even more. I dont carefor this life.

 

[TimeToBiteTheDust]

No. I am very good at being stupid.