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I feel held back by my own anxiety and confused about what career i want because theres many things i can see that would cause me anxiety.
What are some good jobs for anxiety? I wanted to do teaching but ive heard thats alot of pressure now days and no support.
I considered nursing also because i have a caring personality but i get anxiety if i have to touch someone and worry i will stuff up.
Any advice will be grately appreciated.
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Hi Angie welcome
Great question, I might have some answers.
My daughter is a teacher. She's off work with anxiety and depression and so is her friend.
Nursing, nope.
Customer service is out as is anything with food- the best chef in the world gets complaints. Similsr jobs with timeframes
law enforcement, amboes, fire fighting all out.
So after many jobs and 15 careers I personally found my calling which was running my own investigation business. I'd been a pi as an employee in the 1980's for 5 years so knew the job well but by 1996 one had to operate your own business. Sounds harder than what it was.
The advantages, the reason it suited me was that I had no boss, made my own business decisions and as I was disciplined I was very successful.
So, you might find a career for yourself that means you work alone or limited colleague contact, utilise your skills and its something you enjoy. If the career is arduous then consider 2-3 part time jobs because 8 hours doing one task is not stimulating enough for many of us.
Hope that helps
Tony WK
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