Do you think people relate more on the internet to doom and despair because people are trying to figure out how to get out of the funk. Making it especially hard with all the false information, or worse learned buisness practices to influence the brain a certain way while fecading as a helpful tool

Well idk about everyone else but as I was growing up every adult I know in my family always said that I would be doing a job I hate and that you better get used to it because if you’re not a expert naturally you should quit. Took me yearsss to get out of that mental programming.

Here's a dilemma: when you have depression and anxiety and you're working a job you hate, how do you fake it to do well at work? The effect of the abuse I experienced as a kid has affected my ability to socialize and make choices that led to my current career(which I am stuck in for at least another year).

The issue i see here is that too many people have their job or profession ingrained into their personality. Its who they are and what their self-worth is made up of. Heres a tip: Try to see your job like you see brushing your teeth. Its something you get done with and then you move on with life. You dont have to love brushing your teeth.
Do your job and then come home and live your life. Your life happens outside of work. Try to create a life outside your work hours thats so fulfilling that working a normal job simply becomes like brushing your teeth.

Mmm

I was making 18/hr before covid got me laid off. I got another job making 15/hr as a parts and receiving manager for a pretty large company. I'm afraid to ask for a raise because I haven't been there long and my supervisor is a major dickhead, but he did just hire one of his friends kids as a floorsweeper at 18/hr. I fucking hate this system. It's not about your skills, it's not about how hard you work, it's all about who you know.

There are some really shitty work places out there, especially in the US with less regulations, but I think a large part of the problem is your mentality as well. My work life started at a really shitty workplace, the payment was awful, safety was questionable (I work in a factory), work itself was very demanding too, with little room for breaks and a lot to keep track off, the company wasn't doing too well either. However, I had just dropped out of university after I very quickly realized if I tried to push through I'd most likely waste the time and money.

However, I thought to myself while the payment is bad it's enough to make a living. While the work is difficult and demanding, my colleagues are pulling through and performing well. I don't have any better options at the moment, but maybe if I work hard, try and improve myself and try and be a team player with my colleagues, I can at some point land a better job through my current performance and references. Haven't found a new job yet, but conditions and payment have improved by a lot, even got promoted. In the meantime, a lot of people have passed through, many of them giving minimal effort and just doing what they had to collect their payment. I am confident one day I'll get a job and payment they never could.

I really do believe there's value in sometimes accepting your situation, gritting your teeth and making the best out of it.

Im 35 yo. College diploma, and I love what i do. But I can't find an employer I'm happy with. My trade is full of people i can't stand. My bosses are always these arrogant, money hungry, pricks that treat their employees like crap. I'm stuck in a toxic workplace right now, causing serious mental health issues… I've been looking for another place to work but the damage done isn't getting better. I'm not sure what I can do, I'm at a loss.

Great video

All these people feeling like i do. But with actual good jobs.. im here stuck as a dishwasher and the idea of trying something i dont know terrifies me so much i cant eat or sleep or even enjoy what I usually enjoy.. im reaching the end of my strength here..

What is the name of the giant plant in the background?

"Will I be Stuck at a Crappy Job Forever?"
For 90% of you, yes.. you will

The discussion of humans having to work for survival is true, but the difference when compared to modern society is back then if you were a farmer, hunter, or whatever when you were done with work you were done whether it took 2hrs or 10hrs. Nowadays people are expected to work 8hrs everyday 40hrs a week regardless of what they do and I think overall we probably work way more in terms of time spent then people did in the past and I don’t think humans are wired to be constantly working.

ive worked retail/hospitality/warehouse for last 12 years, got bachelors and realised i wont be ever able to work in it without extreme luck. At this moment im living from paycheck to paycheck and im over 30- theres not much help to change career, i am stuck in it. Its helpless.

this video is full of bs in my opinion. the psychologial aspects might be true but its insane to talk about people who feel this way without ever mentioning the material conditions and the government policies that lead to this situation.
young people dont feel this way because they use social media too much but because they see how rigged the system is. and instead of infoming people that its literally politics that makes them feel this way he goes on to find a million different reasons and solutions for an individual while this is a systemic problem.

you know what would help these young people?unionizing for example and not 'being more responsible with your use of twitter'.

The entire time I've been listening to this video while at my crappy job. The literal last thing you said in this video filled me with a firey determination. Think I'm going to quit to capitalize on my art and animation skills

Imagine being capable of studying. I went to college twice and I just can't understand how people do it. How can you force information that your brain simply doesn't want to process?
I have punched myself in the face countless times over the decades and yet I never could force myself to study. No matter how many times, and how much physical and mental punishment I bestow upon myself, I just can't.
Why would I even want to go through life? Even if I had a miracle and could get a better job it'll still be hell because I'd still have to wake up to work everyday.
If life is just only about surviving then why bother living at all?

I went to tech school and college and became an engineer, I'm 25 and I was only an engineer for 3 months before the company moved to California. I couldn't find work anymore because nobody will hire you even if you meet all the requirements. A couple years later and I'm disabled with lymes disease but I make more money than I ever have working at home on my own schedule. Minimum wage jobs aren't worth it if you're able to find something online that suits you. I will never work a public job again if ever given the opportunity, it's a hell hole I'll never go back to. Food and retail almost drove me to suicide and it's not worth it. If you are able to, please consider finding a job online or at least do what you can to make yourself happy, even if it's a different minimum wage job

"Playing chess" is an individual solution to a systemic problem. This is just repackaged conservative thinking.

I was facing the same problem as this person, except at the time i was 34, not 18 anymore. this thought becomes much more severe because in some cases you know time is running out fast. going back to college is not much of an option. not only you need the money to live and do adult things, but it's going to be another 4-5 years until you can try to find a job in whatever field you picked. so i was 34 and stuck at a call center dead end job. but in that time i started to experiment with game engines like ue4 and unity and i realized i had a knack for it. so i started to develop that on my own. i decided i wanted to do that. i went to forums, looked at tutorials, did udemy courses and experimented a lot for about 5 years. i had no guarantee that i would actually break out of the cycle, but i did it anyway because it made me feel more accomplished, confident and less helpless. when covid hit, i was working from home as most people and had a little more time to grow that aspect of my life. after 5 years i felt confident enough too look for a job in the game development industry. i started to look on fb forums for the most part, accidentally stumbled into a post from a Funcom studio in my city for QA entry and thought "what do i have to lose?" and applied. After a series of interviews and tests, i got the job and left that dead end call center hell hole. Been working for them since late 2020 and i couldn't feel more happy and accomplished career wise. point is, no matter how shitty life is being right now, don't give up, pick a path and stick to it. you will doubt yourself, you will doubt your future, just don't allow those doubts to fester. don't feed them, shrug them off as best you can and carry on with a single minded focus. with enough persistence and a little bit of luck you will make it through. try enough times and eventually your break will come. if games have taught us one thing is to not give up. you give up, the game wins. if you give up on life, someone else wins, because they will take the place that could have gone to you. in the wise words of a dark souls npc : don't you dare go hollow

Well… I managed to get out from crappy jobs. Now I work in my profession – it’s been 2 years in a “good job”… And eternal suffering is back. I can’t do that for the rest of my life…

You're an inspiration. I'm ashamed to say this but I've spent a total of 7 years at this retail job due to the fact I lack of focus (depression will do that), discipline and self doubt. I started back in 2015 and turning 35 next month. It's so depressing working there that YouTube has become a false Haven of distraction for me, but I so want to leave this year and get work as a UI Designer.

Can you talk about constant failure? I’ve been really losing in life and I have been doing a lot to change things but nothing is working.

this guy looks like he's 25 and says he's turning 40, wha

In my case, it’s starting to feel like a certain quote from a certain movie…

“You don’t hear much about guys who Take Their Shot and Miss. But I’ll tell you what happens to them… they end up humping crappy jobs on graveyard shifts, trying to figure out how they came up short.”

Based on my experience, and going after what I wished to do… feels like their Not Meant To Be. So… now I’m working at my hotel business job, feeling like this is the Price that I am to Pay, for the risks I took that didn’t pay off, and put me there instead of what I sought.

And besides that… the modern-day reality of our time, which is the now common problem… things ain’t getting any cheaper.