At least you still have a job (unless about to lose it soon). Most of DF forum members aren't able to work even part time jobs and have to rely on disability for life…if they can qualify
Have you considered being a private hire driver e.g. Uber? Heard the earnings aren't bad, and they're a godsend to folks like me with no driving license…especially when cab fares now cost arms & legs
Sucks, doesn't it? I had 2 Pfizers & a booster, didn't matter, still got it. Took 2 weeks of prescribed cough/flu/fever meds & self-isolating to recover from that variant
Just note that jobs means you're exchanging your NM with another set of narcs called your supervisor/management. And they may even have power over you like your NM: do as you're told or the salary goes bye-bye
As long as one is alive, there's no escape from narcs. Your best option is claim benefits for the rest of your life
Anybody else feel like they're born to experience nothing but failure?
Are there any DFers who have had success in your lifespan, whether in education, career, or otherwise (e.g. financially)?
I can't help you as all you get is the POV of an office worker (not in tourism) because this country has no disability for the mental health sufferers. Even the autistic work jobs here. All I can say is it's rainy weeks/months now so the temperature's not that hot.
And income tax? What job do you now have that pays salary?
1. Never count on anything going right in life, at least before your death
2. Your family are not those who are merely related to you by blood/DNA, but the first to respond when you're in an emergency.
And @Epictetus too, what do you expect when our society is built to be a dog-eat-dog world as its foundation from ground up? A society that uses "eat or be eaten" as their primary philosophy
That is just how our world is: the meek becomes food of the psychopathic ruthless. And I doubt it'll ever change
You're saying what you say because you haven't been employed in a work environment, so you don't know what humanity is truly like. I don't blame you
Even if theoretically non-narcissists exist in reality, they'd be extremely rare...like 1 in 100 million people are not narcissists
What assistance? You're never gonna get any from the human species known for being self-centered egomaniacs! The only one we can depend on for any assistance is our own selves
I'll be blunt here.
ANY unfamiliar territory is still better than a toxic environment full of backstabbers
And yes, literally all work environments since human civilization started are toxic, if not at least 100% toxic
Go for disability if you can qualify. Never mind being the bosses' slave, even most job interviews are not worth going thru the ordeals
That's why I'm always envious of anyone on disability, I'll attempt to qualify too if it exist in my country