Comments on: Finding A Career Despite Living With a Disability https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/05/27/finding-a-career-despite-living-with-a-disability/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:30:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Shirley Davis https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/05/27/finding-a-career-despite-living-with-a-disability/#comment-158 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:24:03 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=2194#comment-158 In reply to Ramona.

First, let me thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my article and for visiting the CPTSD Foundation website. Your greatest success is to heal, that is your full-time job right now. Don’t push yourself into working if it will harm you. I know society looks down on folks who cannot work, but they are wrong. Bringing home a paycheck and dying in the effort is simply not worth it. My self-esteem took a huge hit back in 1995 when I was forced to go on disability and leave a job I loved very much and was fantastic at doing. However, I would not be as happy and well as I am today, or maybe dead, if I hadn’t made that decision. Take your time, don’t rush. Everything comes in its own time. I believe in you, now build confidence in yourself. Your journey sounds a lot like mine, so I hope this reply encourages and inspires you. Shirley J. Davis Author

]]> By: Ramona https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/05/27/finding-a-career-despite-living-with-a-disability/#comment-157 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:13:03 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=2194#comment-157 I have been very successful at my profession for 26 years. After going on medical leave for seizures and seeing a psychologist it has come out that a couple of workplace incidents have triggered my PTSD and dissociative disorder this year. I am not sure how to handle a return to work or if I should even try.

]]> By: Shirley Davis https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/05/27/finding-a-career-despite-living-with-a-disability/#comment-150 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 08:25:25 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=2194#comment-150 In reply to Misty.

That’s fantastic! I have told young kids who were going to college that even if life causes them to drop out, they WILL graduate but their health comes first. I’m delighted my writing helped you! Thank you so much for reading and using the information on our website. It means the world to us!

Shirley J. Davis ~ Author

]]> By: Misty https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/05/27/finding-a-career-despite-living-with-a-disability/#comment-149 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 06:59:32 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=2194#comment-149 Thank You for this article. I am 45 years old and was having doubts about returning to college . I can really relate to everything you said. I start class tomorrow!

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