It’s that dreaded time, looking for a new job. A stressful
and draining task for most people, but for me this task can bring on extreme
anxiety very quickly. To add to the fire, I live in Germany and though I have
made great improvements in learning the language I can only carry on a simple
conversation, and I cannot speak as well as I can understand. I feel even more
anxiety because I am not sure if my language skills are high enough for the
jobs I might want to do. Being an HSP also heightens my anxiety about work
because I am easily overstimulated and feel I can’t handle “normal” working
hours. I tend to choose easier jobs like serving or retail but then I am under
stimulated and bored and quickly fall into what the book “Making Work Work for the Highly Sensitive Person” calls drudgery. It seems it will be hard for me to find work
in my life that makes me happy or keeps me satisfied for more than a short
period of time. Many HSP’s find they are happiest being self-employed. I don’t
know where I want to go. I have a University degree in Theater Studies, and
since graduating I have wanted to stay far away from that world. I hated most of
school, it was really hard for me to stay focused on my studies while battling
an eating disorder and depression, and I was forced into taking a bunch of
Theater courses that I really didn’t like. I did it though! Forcing myself to
finish something I didn’t really care about sucked but I did it! Since a couple
years have passed I have had time to reflect on the parts of Theater and
studying it that I liked. I am seriously considering applying to a couple of
Theaters around the area and hope to get in doing some kind of background or
set work. Maybe the Theater would be a nice place to work. But there are only 2 or 3 Theaters around here and I am really scared I won’t get a job. I have no idea of another job I might be able
to handle right now, with my personality and also my lacking of language
skills. I don’t want another pointless job. I would love to get paid to write
on my own time. That would be an ideal job for me. If anyone has any words of
encouragement or suggestions I would love to hear them.
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