Haaal-leluja! Halleluja! Halleluja, Halle-e-lu-jaaa!

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nirrti_rachelle
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18 Aug 2005, 4:59 pm

OMG! I'm scared I'm gonna wake up and this is all a dream. Let me pinch myself.......Nope, I'm still awake. After one break-down due to job stress, one suicide attempt, one hospital stay, one year sending about a thousand resumes to just about every kind of business establishment and about a thousand rejections, my grandmother paying my bills and me being as broke as a former employee of Enron, I finally got hired! :cry: <----tears of joy

It's a call center job but not as stressful since people are just calling to change their benefits enrollment. No screaming, no cussing me out, no endless complaints like the last job that gave me a breakdown. It's temporary, only until January but I'm just so happy to have my own money again and take care of myself instead of everyone else doing it for me.

Now that I know I have Asperger's, at least I can use that knowledge as a tool to cope when things get rough on the job, giving myself permission to have imperfections and do what's best for my mental health. I just wonder will this knowledge change my work experience for the better or will it make things harder since it's something I can't change.


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18 Aug 2005, 5:00 pm

brilliant, nirrti rachelle! congratulations :D



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18 Aug 2005, 5:04 pm

Sounds nice. That and since you'll be mostly working off script I doubt the socializing will be much of a problem either.

Good luck :)


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18 Aug 2005, 5:17 pm

Awesome! Congratulations!



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18 Aug 2005, 5:26 pm

Whoo Hoo :lol:
Congratulations


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18 Aug 2005, 5:28 pm

Groovy, Baby! :P



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18 Aug 2005, 5:37 pm

Congratulations! I'm so glad you managed!


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18 Aug 2005, 5:53 pm

I am glad you got this job.

Hmmmm?
What kind of job is it?
What are you doing in this job?
What was your prior job?
I wish you luck!



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18 Aug 2005, 6:03 pm

Congratulations to you!

Everything's going good at my job. I've been there almost two months now.



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18 Aug 2005, 6:43 pm

Congratulations. Best of luck on the job.



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18 Aug 2005, 7:34 pm

Congratulations!



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19 Aug 2005, 12:21 am

I can definately relate to your excitement.
Congradulations.

When dificulties do arise
You also have a wonderful place to vent

With fellow Aspies who are more then willing to support you.

Again, congradulations. 8)



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19 Aug 2005, 12:48 am

NYAspie wrote:
Congratulations to you!

Everything's going good at my job. I've been there almost two months now.


nice one, NYAspie :)