I also have had negative experiences with career search stuff (more around making decisions). My suggestion, that I’m also going to try, is find someone else who you can help support you through the career search process, who you can talk over decisions with, get to look over applications, maybe help talk you through the time you spend feeling useless before applying. This could also help keep you from settling with an inferior job, if you have to justify it to someone else.
I would also suggest, from experience, to avoid committing to a job at a time when you feel really down about yourself—I’ve done that before, and it would have been better to just wait. At least try to wait a few days, talk to some people about it, etc.
(Also, there’s a facebook group for EAs to help each other with personal issues, and it’s the sort of place where you can post this stuff and get advice—messages are only visible to group members. Message me if you’re interested and not already in it, and I can add you)
I also have had negative experiences with career search stuff (more around making decisions). My suggestion, that I’m also going to try, is find someone else who you can help support you through the career search process, who you can talk over decisions with, get to look over applications, maybe help talk you through the time you spend feeling useless before applying. This could also help keep you from settling with an inferior job, if you have to justify it to someone else.
I would also suggest, from experience, to avoid committing to a job at a time when you feel really down about yourself—I’ve done that before, and it would have been better to just wait. At least try to wait a few days, talk to some people about it, etc.
(Also, there’s a facebook group for EAs to help each other with personal issues, and it’s the sort of place where you can post this stuff and get advice—messages are only visible to group members. Message me if you’re interested and not already in it, and I can add you)