23 & Just got a new job bc family made it happen( didnt even interview) & feel so unqualified and scared that i am going to fail , or disappoint. & then become even more depressed and hopeless.
I need to prepare and start planning because I start soon but I am so down about myself that I cant do it. I keep telling myself that i am worthless ugly stupid etc & therefore wont do well. Any advice?
Then i see the amount of people who suffer from depression & begin to feel theres no point in living if everyone is sad/depressed.
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One of the many things I've learned in life is that there is no job on earth that with training and time you cannot do( within your natural ability). Yes certain jobs need certain skills but usually within 6 months you will know it inside and out.
Part of that is the way we learn. We develop even a physical memory after doing something 1000 times. So, for example I worked as a barmaid when younger. I had no experience and never drank lager or beer. It was a real ale pub. The first couple of nights we hard and even working the toll took time. But after a couple of weeks I was settled in the job. I had an opening routine and a closing routine. I knew what to clean when quiet and how to remember 10 drinks shouted over very loud noise. I got to know the regulars and it became a busy and pleasant job. Now, 25 years later I know I can pull a perfect pint if asked even though I've not done it in that time.
Any job is just learning skills in a certain order. There is routine in everything. So don't panic, you learned to walk and talk and write and read - this job is nothing in comparison to the millions of life skills you have built up without realizing.
Getting a job through family - fine- interviews worst part of a job. So, just relax. No one will expect too much of you as you learn the ropes. First weeks are usually awful as you get sore jaws from smiling all the time! But you settle and like me you will find the best way for you to do things.
Deep breaths are good for calming yourself down. Do some positive affirmations in the mirror. You can do this. Keep saying it. Believe it. See yourself in 6 months perfectly calm, happy and efficient at work. Believe me a month of stress and the it will be like you've always been there.
You sound as if your self confidence is low. Have a read through some posts and you will realize how many of us sensitive types feel we are failing when really we are dealing with huge problems. Sometimes we can't see ourselves as other people do.
You need to remember you are good enough. People learn through mistakes so don't judge yourself on stupid ideas of perfection- no one is perfect. If you keep trying you will learn - maybe takes 1000 attempts but you will get there - and once you've learnt it you never lose it - like riding a bike. A job - any job is just the same.
Lets us know how you get on and any other worries just post. Someone will have had the exact same worries- we are similar in lots of way us people. The more you talk to others the more you see it.
Not everyone suffers from depression, it's more common now but people more open and mental health treatment so much better. It's an illness - you get it when stress or other factors overwhelms your brain and causes a chemical imbalance. It is treatable. Most people make a full recovery.
Depression just like any chronic illness doesn't make life not worth living. There are so many beautiful joyous things in life that saying life is miserable because people get depression is not a healthy way to view life.
As a teacher said to me once, sometimes you need to experience sadness to truly know happiness. This is very true.
You may feel ugly and stupid but I doubt that you are. I've known lots of stupid people and usually they are the most confident ones. I'll make no comment on ugliness as that is something which reflects internal qualities and not external. The only ugly woman I met was one who looked beautiful until you spoke to her and realized she was vain and shallow. Ugly men tend to be prejudicial close minded and violent. I love to see someone whose is unusual in their features because so many people look the same! No one should judge themselves on their looks alone, lots of beautiful bland people very few striking mesmerizing ones - the ones you notice are the ones with the true inner beauty, it's like a light inside. Normally they are completely oblivious to it.
I say this with the wisdom of age. I thought I was ugly when younger as I was criticized by my parents for how I looked. Now, I know different about myself. I know that my attractiveness comes from kindness, strength, curiosity and a dry humour. Im no model but I look back at photos of my youth and see a pretty girl who doubted herself too much.
If you want to know the true test of physical attractiveness, if you have old people of the opposite sex watch you walk past, then you are above average. It's not your peers but old people who acknowledge this, they have the wisdom to do this. If you doubt me - go find a group of them on a street having coffee whatever and watch who they notice. I bet you it's good looking people and babies - maybe a dog or two.
I know the exact same feeling and I'm 24 and haven't been able to hold down a job all year. Depression and anxiety has made me very reclusive, but I just remember that we all have to push thru this at some point in our lives. Its actually easy if you think about just do it and give it your best you won't be good at first but eventually it just clicks. Hope this helps =).
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Sad, lonely and depressed. 
Feeling sad and like you just don't want to be here 
How do I fix my sadness?
