Post by mike94 on Mar 30, 2022 22:37:12 GMT
I’m looking for advice. It’s something I should have sorted years ago as all the signs were there, my mother suffers from adhd and high functioning autism. I’ve started the process to get diagnosed myself. But I’m the mean time, Im struggling in one of my jobs, that much I’ve got myself two new jobs to keep me stimulated, so now I have three. One I haven’t started yet. My main job is I work in a supermarket, and when I’m working the shop floor doing stock etc and keeping busy with tasks I don’t mind it. But the moment I get called to the tills and have to sit there for ages it sends me crazy. It’s really hard to cope with. I have even tried sneaking earphones so i have music to stimulate me.
Has anyone else on here done supermarket work where you could be sat at the till for hours on end doing the same repetitive thing? Or is it just a no go job for someone with attention difficulties. I need to be stimulated or it just seems unbearable. I’d feel like a quitter if I quit but I also have a new bar job that seems promising, I’m always on my feet keeping busy and never in one spot, there’s music and sports on and it seems to keep my mind at ease.
I suppose I am posting this (my first ever post online about how I feel) because I’m looking for support from like minded people. Those that know what it’s like. Some people have been sat at the till for years doing the same thing and I can’t see me doing that. I hate been sat there for longer than 15 mins.
Would you guys recommend me getting a higher stimulating job (for example upping my hours at my bar job) or just shut up and put up. I haven’t been diagnosed yet but here’s my traits
I get absolutely obsessed with something then all
Of a sudden lose all interest. (The obsessions that have stuck are physics and maths as they’re always stimulating me like I’m always learning something new)
It’s hard for me to remain focused on lectures if I’m not engaging with the video like solving problems. Sometimes within a few seconds I can be daydreaming about such random stuff. Especially if I’m already familiar with the topic to the video isn’t stimulating me enough.
I can’t sit still for long without fidgeting.
I have to really concentrate on what people are saying to me especially when it involves instructions and even then I forget.
If someone is trying to explain something etc and there’s something else going on it’s almost impossible for me to comprehend what they are saying to me.
Very forgetful.
I get very easily sidetracked.
Doing the same thing repetitively without feeling like I am learning something new etc can be unbearable.
All together I’ve had 9 jobs in 2 hours.
I went from one week saying to my partner “there’s no way I would quit this supermarket job ever as it’s ideal etc” the the very next week literally wanting to hand my notice in.
Id be happy with any sort of response so I don’t feel alone and there’s similar people to me
Has anyone else on here done supermarket work where you could be sat at the till for hours on end doing the same repetitive thing? Or is it just a no go job for someone with attention difficulties. I need to be stimulated or it just seems unbearable. I’d feel like a quitter if I quit but I also have a new bar job that seems promising, I’m always on my feet keeping busy and never in one spot, there’s music and sports on and it seems to keep my mind at ease.
I suppose I am posting this (my first ever post online about how I feel) because I’m looking for support from like minded people. Those that know what it’s like. Some people have been sat at the till for years doing the same thing and I can’t see me doing that. I hate been sat there for longer than 15 mins.
Would you guys recommend me getting a higher stimulating job (for example upping my hours at my bar job) or just shut up and put up. I haven’t been diagnosed yet but here’s my traits
I get absolutely obsessed with something then all
Of a sudden lose all interest. (The obsessions that have stuck are physics and maths as they’re always stimulating me like I’m always learning something new)
It’s hard for me to remain focused on lectures if I’m not engaging with the video like solving problems. Sometimes within a few seconds I can be daydreaming about such random stuff. Especially if I’m already familiar with the topic to the video isn’t stimulating me enough.
I can’t sit still for long without fidgeting.
I have to really concentrate on what people are saying to me especially when it involves instructions and even then I forget.
If someone is trying to explain something etc and there’s something else going on it’s almost impossible for me to comprehend what they are saying to me.
Very forgetful.
I get very easily sidetracked.
Doing the same thing repetitively without feeling like I am learning something new etc can be unbearable.
All together I’ve had 9 jobs in 2 hours.
I went from one week saying to my partner “there’s no way I would quit this supermarket job ever as it’s ideal etc” the the very next week literally wanting to hand my notice in.
Id be happy with any sort of response so I don’t feel alone and there’s similar people to me