How I Beat Depression

Unemployment is common for people with depression. Severe clinical depression will impair functioning so working, even in a non-pressure part-time job, can be impossibility. I found it frustrating when I was going through depression many people would throw in simple and unfounded advice and “a job will get you back on track”. This belief is so common. Many people who work hard to earn their crust and battle every day balancing bills, entertainment and investments feel a sense of entitlement and when looking at someone who is unemployed and suffering feel empowered to offer cheaply-thought solutions. “Can’t they see their problem, they are lazy and unmotivated; if they got a job things would change”. In some cases they may actually be saying, “If they were more like me, they would be happy”.

Getting a job does give a sense of worth, because more than likely you will be thrown into a team and given a set of duties and responsibilities. And importantly, it gives you less time so sit at home to stew in your thoughts and worries. So there is merit in the suggestion, but getting a job doesn’t just fix depression. It’s never just that simple.

I think it’s important to tune into the. I suffered high level anxiety for many years but became so fearful to discuss symptoms that I started to think. Why – because I didn’t talk to people about it. I started to think that I’m just different, weird and abnormal.