when your emotional dysregulation makes it hard to hold down a job

Let’s face it: we have to work to live. The unfortunate reality is that those who identify with symptoms of various "disorder" or "dysfunction" labels while healing from trauma often find it hard to “hold down a job.” These individuals are often highly sensitive, reactive, creative, intuitive, and intense. The workplace can be highly triggering for anyone grappling with trauma recovery. It’s all too common to feel that we have to take/do jobs that we hate and end up sacrificing our creative passions. In this episode, we will discuss the common issues and triggers that can arise for us in the workplace and how to best handle and move through them. We’ll also dive into how we can move towards work that we love – something that can feel impossible but doesn’t have to be. This one's for you if you feel like you jump from job to job and find yourself repeating patterns that cause chaos and discontentment in your professional life. Trust me: there is hope.

Resources mentioned:

■ Essay by Paul Graham: “How To Do What You Love”

■ Twitter thread by Billy Oppenheimer: “12 habits and principles for doing your best creative work”

■ Book by Elizabeth Gilbert: “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear”

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