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Re: Parents...
(Anonymous) 2013-09-13 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)I want to drive even though it's scary because the idea of being dependent is repellent to me. I've had enough of it. I would follow the rules because it means not dying in a car wreck or killing someone. I don't normally consider myself a responsible person.
I have a year's worth of job experience. It's just stalling because I'm under a lot of stress and am always being pushed and told i need to try harder and the job rejections get me so upset and depressed. I wish I could take a break from searching. But they won't hear a word of it. I wish they could let me be more easygoing about it. I want a break from all the pushing and the negativity I feel between pressuring and rejections...
I have unhealthful self destructive thoughts when I get rejected or don't get called back. It scares me....>.
Re: Parents...
(Anonymous) 2013-09-13 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)I'm sure you have heard this message a good deal from your parents, and that's bad enough; it's even more damaging, and likely to become a self-fulfilling prophecy, when it's coming from you. So one good thing you can do for yourself, that might be within your reach, is to expand the things you actually take responsibility for, and carry them out consistently enough that, when you're tempted to think "I'm just not a responsible person," you have a couple of counter-arguments.
This is something volunteering might also help with, especially since organizations that need volunteers are very grateful to get them, and it would do you a world of good to receive the commendation of a disinterested third party when all you usually hear is the criticisms that you get from your parents (and yourself). Plus, it'll broaden your skill set and give you yet another bullet point on your resume. And finally, it would get you away from your folks for a while.
It's hard not to take rejection personally; can't say I have any advice for you there. It's something I have to constantly remind myself not to do.