Depression Support Group
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I just finished my university career after 5 years of struggling to get by while maintaining good grades. I should be happy, shouldn't I?
Well I don't know how I feel right now.. I haven't found a job in my field and besides waitressing I have no idea what I'm going to be doing for work in the coming months or years. I feel like I've closed one chapter without opening another... like I'm in some kind of post-grad limbo. And it's not a comfortable feeling. I'm scared I won't be able to pay off my loans in the amount of time I want to pay them off, that I won't get a job I want that uses my degree but will be sucked into some dead end job that pays the bills. I'm nervous and I'm sad and I feel like my life is totally out of my control.
Well I don't know how I feel right now.. I haven't found a job in my field and besides waitressing I have no idea what I'm going to be doing for work in the coming months or years. I feel like I've closed one chapter without opening another... like I'm in some kind of post-grad limbo. And it's not a comfortable feeling. I'm scared I won't be able to pay off my loans in the amount of time I want to pay them off, that I won't get a job I want that uses my degree but will be sucked into some dead end job that pays the bills. I'm nervous and I'm sad and I feel like my life is totally out of my control.
You will be ok girlfriend. I know you will get a job that you will like.. Take some deep breaths...
Feeling "trapped" or in a dead end job is not supposed to exist when you have a college degree, right?? But, unfortunately, it sometimes does. What is your degree in? What were you hoping to do post-grad before reality set in?
I can relate to your feelings, I had similar ones when I graduated in '04 and I am now preparing to finish my Master's. It's a scary time to embark on a new career, but I think we should both remain confident it won't always be so scary.
Hang in there.
~Mel