Venting Ex-Con (Part 2)

[persepexa]

Revenge is worth it, believe fucking me. It is worth it. You haven't had your children taken and destroyed. I'm not dying without avenging that.

Sorry I just reread your earlier message. Yeah fuck that guy. Get him for me too.

 

[ToANewWorld]

I'm so sorry to hear that, that's awful. It really does rob you of any sense of purpose or any identity or social network you might find through work.

I don't know about you, but my job was my identity. It was the "path" that was going to allow me to accomplish my goals (which was to build a life). Now I am just living in my parent's house, in my old childhood room and is depressing.

"So what do you do?" and "I'm unemployed" isn't a good answer. Like even if the other person doesn't judge you it just makes you less likely to continue speaking. That's been my experience anyway. It's very isolating especially when you're otherwise able to work. Like I'm fit and healthy and reasonably intelligent, by all accounts I should be working. Idk.

Oh yeah, whenever someone asks me what I do for work nowadays I lie and tell them my previous job title. But that question tends to kill the conversation because it brings up my disability and me losing my job. It just bums me out.

So far my savings have been holding me and my investments (a miracle really) have done extremely well this past year, but without having a job or a way of making income it feels hopeless.

Also no my background wasn't technical. I don't want to say anything about it other than it requires a clean criminal record. It's also very specific.

I see. I asked this because there are a few gigs you could try. I'll DM you details just in case and you look into them.

 

[persepexa]

I don't know about you, but my job was my identity. It was the "path" that was going to allow me to accomplish my goals (which was to build a life). Now I am just living in my parent's house, in my old childhood room and is depressing.


Oh yeah, whenever someone asks me what I do for work nowadays I lie and tell them my previous job title. But that question tends to kill the conversation because it brings up my disability and me losing my job. It just bums me out.

So far my savings have been holding me and my investments (a miracle really) have done extremely well this past year, but without having a job or a way of making income it feels hopeless.


I see. I asked this because there are a few gigs you could try. I'll DM you details just in case and you look into them.

My job was my identity too. I always saw it as more of a vocation. But clearly I didn't care about it that much because I just threw it all away like I did everything else in my life.

Oh I've lied many times when asked. The first time I went on a date after prison he asked what I did for a living and I gave my old job title and he was like "oh no way, me too" and it was just so awkward. I bump into old colleagues and just lie through my teeth. Sometimes I say I'm unemployed but people don't like that.

My savings are gone tbh but I didn't have much to begin with. I was quite financially irresponsible tbh. I just didn't think about the future that much.

I mean I'm not very good with that sort of stuff but feel free to message me and I'll look into it. At this stage I'll try anything. Thanks so much.