Hi Deano, a warm welcome here
Quite often posters here looking for ideas on how to manage their emotional struggles are in work that doesn't help their cause, in fact it feeds their symptoms.
As a "package" of recommendations I often ask them to reconsider their career and change it if they can from a high stress environment to a less stressful one. Often they don't even think about that. Younger people in particular feel they would be throwing away years of study to go from their chosen field (say teaching) to and calmer environment. But often this is a reflection of how their illness is not taken serious enough. We all do that, we think we are ok, we think we can cope "somehow" until we end up collapsed in a ball. Prevention of further mental illness is high on the list of "best practice" IMO. It is also underrated as a form of guidance. We know anxiety for example can lead to depression down the track. Far better to get advice to the person before they develop a depressive disorder.
For this reason here we often use our own life's experiences to guide the poster along the right road. Most of us are sufferers of some mental disorder and although we cannot replace any professional medical expert on many matters we can, within a short space of time, give them some comfort that they aren't alone nor unique in their feelings.
Welcome here. I've always believed that this forum is a great place for aspiring career oriented people to gain experience.
Hope this assists you.
Tony WK
