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My anxiety is literally ruining and running my entire life. I have been out of work for roughly 7 months due to my anxiety around workplaces and people, during this time I’ve almost everything I can think of to try to help and support myself contrary to what my family believes.
I contacted Centrelink, figured out what needed to be done for my drivers license, got a mental health plan and a counsellor and even tried to go through one of those job employment agencies that help you to look for a job while dealing with injuries and mental illness.
As a Non protected SCV holder in Australia I knew I wasn’t really entitled to much but I was hoping they would have services for young people struggling with mental health to find work or really provide ANY SUPPORT at all but no.
So here’s my dilemma, I can’t work due to my anxiety, which means I have no income whatsoever and must rely on my boyfriend and family to support me, I can’t get financial support from Centrelink because I’m a non protected SCV holder and I can’t access job support because I’m non protected SCV holder (from the research I’ve done, I’ve been unable to find any).
In my mind I’ve done almost every possible thing I can think of to try deal with my anxiety, to seek the support I need, to ask people for help and it’s made me feel like I don’t matter. Every time I’m given hope that I can get support, other then talking to a counsellor, I’m ultimately told I’m not eligible for that or I’m not entitled to that. I feel like I’m slipping through the cracks no matter how hard I try to help myself. Is there honestly nothing more I can do?
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Hey there
You are doing a great job trying to control this. You've gotten help and that can be one of the hardest, most challenging steps! Keep them informed of how you are going and keep using these resources if you feel you need to..
So in regards to financial help.. did Centrelink mention to you (if you are from NZ) that you can get a one off 6 month payment of Job Seeker payments?
Im not sure of all your circumstances, but maybe this could be something that you could explore?
Always here to help if you need it
Jx
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I've always find that more impersonal jobs, that is jobs involving less people interaction, can be better if you suffer a lot from anxiety. It really depends on what your skills are and what you enjoy.