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04 Jun 2013, 9:38 pm

G' day,

My name is Ravn and I came this way to try and figure out why I am like this.

I don't really know where to begin...

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04 Jun 2013, 10:00 pm

Welcome :D



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04 Jun 2013, 10:48 pm

welcome glad to meet u my name is william



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05 Jun 2013, 12:11 am

Thank you, Ann.

Thank you, William.



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05 Jun 2013, 2:25 am

Hi! I'm Chris, and live in France! Pleased to meet you.



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05 Jun 2013, 8:03 am

There is no why. It's enough to figure out how this is.

Welcome aboard anyway



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05 Jun 2013, 8:05 am

There is no why. It's enough to figure out how this is.

Welcome aboard anyway



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05 Jun 2013, 5:17 pm

Thank you, Chris.

Thank you, Peter.

@Peter: I guess the why is irrelevant but I certainly know how it is...

I am forcing myself to attend a job interview this afternoon...



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05 Jun 2013, 5:24 pm

How did it go?



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05 Jun 2013, 5:42 pm

It is 8:37am here, Ann. My interview is at noon. I feel physically sick at the thought of it and it means I can only drink coffee and smoke a cigarette for my breakfast.

Over the years, I have adopted a 'social masking' technique but it requires so much effort to maintain and I just know I will be a wreck after the event.

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05 Jun 2013, 5:47 pm

Ravn wrote:
It is 8:37am here, Ann. My interview is at noon. I feel physically sick at the thought of it and it means I can only drink coffee and smoke a cigarette for my breakfast.

Over the years, I have adopted a 'social masking' technique but it requires so much effort to maintain and I just know I will be a wreck after the event.

:roll:

Oh right :?
It's 6:45 pm here.

I always try to act like it's a mutual interview. Like the prospective employee is also judging the employer to see if they are a good match. Which in a sense is true ... I've taken some jobs I knew I couldn't do and in retrospect I should have realized that at the time. So try to think of it like that, it might help.



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05 Jun 2013, 5:56 pm

Thank you for the tip, Ann. My main fear is that, when I speak, I do it so slowly that I come across as a simpleton: my thought to speech processes have a sort of delay, you see.



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05 Jun 2013, 5:59 pm

If you don't mind my asking, what is the job?



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05 Jun 2013, 6:08 pm

The job is for a cancer charity. I hope to convey the fact that my strength is in filing...

I've lost many jobs because of the way I am... I have never told prospective employers in the past because I did not know myself.

I am waiting on the final diagnosis but money issues prevent me from seeing a psych. It is difficult.



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05 Jun 2013, 6:35 pm

Ravn wrote:
The job is for a cancer charity. I hope to convey the fact that my strength is in filing...

Good to keep your strengths in mind.

Regarding disclosure - it's tricky. I disclosed at my last job and it ended with my having to leave. Turns out I don't like everyone knowing my business. I've just started a new job and I am not going to disclose.



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05 Jun 2013, 7:56 pm

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