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Subject Scared to look for a better job, can you help me overcome the paralyzing fear?

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Now get your ass out there and get a damn job!!
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LOL drill sarge!
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At least you have a sense of humor. You handled that slur graciously.   See?  Now wasn't that easy?  Is that the real you who retorted to that pest? Now, expand on that.  You just lost sight of your hidden talents. Like looking at the Jahari Window, I can see something in you that you do not see in yourself.  Reassess your inner strengths and you will find the courage to forge ahead with confidence.  Just remember, we all shit in the same ocean, put pants on one leg at a time, stink when we don't shower, bleed when we are cut, pass out when we get drunk.  The only difference between people are fingerprints and DNA.  Other than that, we are all in the same boat.  We are all born.  We will all die, and we will all pay taxes.  Now get off your dead ass and get a job and pay your taxes.  Me and my welfare kids depend on you.
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Yes, I do have a sense of humor, and yes, being isolated does peculiar things to one's mind including loss of perspective, sort of like having vision in one eye only. Inner strength must be there or I wouldn't be here so I'll start to assess the good in my life and pare down the negativity, thank you. You know, I'm learning a lot from the responses in terms of what I project, very neat by-product.
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My responses are sprinkled with weird humor.  Please don't take these remarks seriously.  Sometimes humor lifts the spirit and allows positive vibes to flow, if only for a short time.  We're all pulling for you.  Now get off your dead ass and grab an oar and row with the flow.
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No problem,  I noticed that you went from thoughtful to earthy humor, lol, thanks for the laugh, needed that for sure. Not easy being a perfectionist with attention deficit tendencies. I get bogged down with the whole thing so big and can't find the "start" of the string to unravel the whole mess. But I've gotten some decent responses with good stuff to think about and use and that, is great!
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Why look for the beginning of the string?  Get a scissors and cut the string.  Now you have the start of two strings. Same with reflecting on your past experiences.  Start with what job you liked most, pull the best parts out of it, and go from there.
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Original Message I'm scared to look. The though of sitting down at my computer, typing in keywords in job search engines, company job boards, job placement companies terrifies me. I shake, start sweating and hyperventilate and my thoughts start to race.
Then the self defeating voice starts up, nope you'll never get another decent job, you're too old, too long out of the specific field, your resume stinks, you're this, that and everything else.

I need some encouragement, some techniques, positive reinforcement. I live alone, work from home at a lousy and stressful customer service, tech troubleshooting job and find it a little difficult to open up to people after being at home and working like this for too long now. My family is in Europe, my kids are grown and have their own lives to live.

I have one good friend and don't want to burden her too much with my needs as she has things going on in her life, too.

So, any kind words and good suggestions, ideas resources will be appreciated immensely.

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