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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Worried about having to clean up vomit |
| Jenine |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2019, 2:44 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 784
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| I know how you feel. I also have emetophobia and have been afraid of throwing up since I was about 8 or 9 years old. I think part of it stems from seeing other kids get sick in elementary school and the other part has to do with getting ill myself when I was younger. For me, I'm scared of viruses es... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Getting rid of toxic friend |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2019, 2:26 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 471
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| I suggest that maybe you should tell him you don't want to be his friend anymore. You can put it in a delicate manor or be brunt about it. The way you say it and how you're feeling at the time is your choice. Your story kinda reminds me of the toxic friends I had back in my early-20's. One lady whom... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: My 600 Pound Life |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2019, 1:53 pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 2,856
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| If you weigh 250 and haven't lost much weight with diet and exercise, you may have a pituitary tumor or a disorder. I suggest you go see a doctor about this and perhaps maybe discuss getting an MRI. As far as the possibility of you weighing 600, you're still 350 lbs lighter than that. And there's st... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Sociopaths/Narcissists Drawn to Autistic People? |
| Jenine |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2018, 11:42 am
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,190
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| I have had my fair share of people like this believe me as I have posted a great deal about the ones who hurt me and like the rest of you, I have learned to put my foot down with people like that. I had a toxic relationship with someone who had NLD where others on the outside looking in felt that s... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Sociopaths/Narcissists Drawn to Autistic People? |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2018, 12:15 am
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,190
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| I may have had some experiences with sociopaths, but I definitely came across a few narcissists including my maternal half sister. The sad part is that she's not only a narcissist, but evil as well. Sadly, some people will still defend her no matter how much harm she does. Anyway, I made my share of... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Did you struggle in Elementary School more than later years? |
| Jenine |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2017, 11:35 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,180
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| I had my share of rough patches in elementary school mainly between kindergarten and second grade. Honestly, I'm still surprised I didn't repeat first grade. That year was horrible for me. But, it was mainly because I acted out and my mom thought I had lead paint poisoning until it was proven otherw... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: any college dropout here? |
| Jenine |
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Posted: 01 Nov 2017, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,258
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| I dropped out of a community college program for medical billing and coding after trying to complete it for about 2 1/2 years. My education was being paid for by DORS, which is a vocational rehab program here in Maryland. Some help they were. I finally dropped out after late 2014 when I finished up ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Online Work |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2017, 5:59 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,300
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| As far as publishing books go, have you tried Kindle? I'm currently on KDP (Kindle direct publishing) and it's where a lot of indie authors go. You won't get a flat out rejection, but it does take about 24 hours for the site to review your work. When it comes to book promotion, you do have to get th... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Have you ever failed a final but still passed a class? |
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Posted: 26 Jul 2017, 8:40 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 78,880
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| That's happened to me more than once and it started when I was in middle school. It was towards the end of 7th grade where I had my first official final for Social Studies. I got a 40% on the test and it brought my grade down from an A to a C. Most of the class failed because they along with myself ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Planning self employment but worry about medical costs |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2017, 6:21 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 346
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| I heard about Illinois' situation. SMH. It's a shame what can happen when you put corrupt people in power. Chicago's pretty much destined to be the next Detroit in my opinion. Anyway, until you can create a sustainable income from self employment, you will still be eligible for Medicaid. I'm assumin... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I've been unemployed for 3 years. Anyone beat that? |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2017, 5:24 pm
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Replies: 141
Views: 32,413
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| Haven't had a job since 2011, which has been about six years now. My first and only job was filing medical records for two months as part of a hospital internship. Hated that job with a passion but stayed for the entire two month period all the way 'til the end. Before and after the job ended, I was... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: is it ok to just not want a job anymore? |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2017, 12:37 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,018
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| i'm at the point in my life where i rather work from home then to work with the public. i've been looking for work for years only to get a job for a couple days before they tell me its not going to work out. so i gave up looking and i've been wanting to work from home since then. i don't know how i... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I think my job coach has been short-selling me |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2016, 11:15 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,200
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| I know this post is about a year old, but the thing I suggest you to do is become self-employed. As we talked on another forum post, what DORS is doing (or what they call themselves doing) isn't working out for you. I just closed out my case with them because they were taking me in a direction I do... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I think my job coach has been short-selling me |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2016, 11:58 pm
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Replies: 12
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| I know this post is about a year old, but the thing I suggest you to do is become self-employed. As we talked on another forum post, what DORS is doing (or what they call themselves doing) isn't working out for you. I just closed out my case with them because they were taking me in a direction I don... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: is it ok to just not want a job anymore? |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2016, 11:05 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,018
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| Trust your instinct. There are people that have spent 5 years at university, come out to discover they actually hate the job. Now that you know what you don't want to do, that is the first step. Focus on something that you are willing to do, convert a hobby into a profitable job. Become self employ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: is it ok to just not want a job anymore? |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2016, 9:37 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,018
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| I feel the same way, as I have a Computer Science Bachelors, and Associates in Arts, and an Associates in Science, and I have only gotten interviews for two jobs in my field. One clearly didn't work and the other, I seemed close, but then they had a change in management and now everything is on hol... |
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