A job for someone anti-social?

DCFC79

Take the other advice been posted and sort out the problem first, it would be much easier in the long run for you, it can be done

McKneff

I've told you a million times not to exaggerate :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

churchrat

how about something in horticulture/gardening?

Absinthe_Fairy

whitewing wrote: »

Longer term, could you look into qualifying as a librarian? You would have to deal with people, but in a calmer environment than, for example, retail.

I'm currently in the process of qualifying as a librarian, and I can tell you it's a very, very people-orientated profession.

You're less likely to get people treating you like dirt, as you might if you worked in a shop, but libraries nowadays are extremely fast-moving and busy environments.

OP, I'd echo the suggestions of previous posters that you really need to try and find out why you have this social phobia (I know it's easier said than done) and try to work on it. Is there any way you could do some volunteering for a couple of hours a week, maybe in a quiet charity shop or something, which could get you used to dealing with people?

Other than that, the only job I can think of which wouldn't involve people is proofreading. I've seen there are various courses you can do (though I don't know if any of them are any good) which then allow you to work from home - it depends what your grammar and language skills are like.

Good luck whatever you do :j

jenhug

I would suggest night shift garage worker, order picker, shelf stacker etc. Limited customer interaction.

whitewing

I've looked into proofreading before. Sourcing the jobs will involve building up a client base, which may not be easy for someone who is not keen on selling themself.

dzug1

Maybe it would help (with your confidence) if you got the word right.

You are not anti-social - an anti-social person is someone for example who goes to a party and causes trouble.

You are unsocial or unsociable - you wouldn't be at that party in the first place. Maybe it is extreme enogh to be phobia.

As to jobs - something specialised or technical may be the answer - where you can be the expert and it's what you know/do that counts rather than how you interact with people. Anything from mad professor to programmer to cycle mechanic, to pluck some wild examples, depending on your level of ability.

meg72

I note you say you are soon to have nowhere to live, you dont give a reason and thats ok if you dont want to. But I really think that this must be dealt with first. How can you go about
getting a job when you dont where you will be living. Wish you all the best you do seem to be having a rough time

KatiBear

Phew I read the first reply and was dreading the rest, but thankfully the rest were helpful and nice!

I've been this way for many many years, and I've tried seeking help, I've seen a doctor who practically laughed in my face and made out I was making it up. I went to see another doctor (bearing in mind seeing these doctors took a few years to pluck up the courage to go and see), she referred me to a 'meeting' with a few doctors at once who would 'analyse' me, but that absolutely terrified me to go to so I never ended up going. They didn't really treat me the way I felt comfortable with. I saw two councillors a few years back, but they just aren't for me. I was slightly getting better and I arranged a job interview, which I had a panic attack in the car park and ended up not going, which set me right back to where I am again now.

Ugh life story there, but I guess some people here were thinking I haven't tried to fix myself? So I figured I'd mention what i've tried.

Thanks a lot meg72 you're comment really meant a lot to me, and I won't have a home soon because my home was due to be repossessed but luckily it has been sold instead (it's my fathers house) he won't be able to afford to house me now, and I'm having no luck when bidding on council houses, bit of a mess really.

Not sure who mentioned it, but as for volunteering, I have really thought about doing that, but it just scares me, just as much as getting a paid job.

As for nightshifts/warehouse person someone had mentioned, I have that set up for search when I go to the job centre weekly but there is never anything for me.

I've only had 3 jobs, one wasn't really a proper job though.
- First job was a cleaner at a hotel. I hate it, it made me feel like crap cleaning peoples...crap/
- Second job I worked in a Photography shop, which I kind of enjoyed at the time, but dealing with customers everyday I couldn't keep doing it, a lot of things happened during that time too and I ended up quitting. But I did love my co-workers and boss they couldn't have been nicer to me.
- Third job was doing invoices for my dad from home.

And that was in 2006? I think. I haven't worked since.

churchrat not sure gardening is really for me
Whitewing, i've always imagined librarians having to be quite clever? And a book lover? I don't read books often only how-to books :P, although the peacefulness does sound quite tempting.
Absinthe Fairy, my local library is fairly quite, but it does have it's busy days.

There is one thing I'm kind of good at, but I'm not qualified. I like to design websites but I'm just too afraid to disappoint people, or not be able to do things that people have asked me to do, since I'm not qualified and do not know as much as say a qualified person would!

Maybe it was a bad idea posting here I guess I was hoping to find some sort of *miracle* answer but knowing really that I probably have searched for every possible job that I could do from home.

Whenever I tell my mum which jobs the job centre have asked me to apply for, she just cringes because she knows what i'm like and that , at the moment I won't be able to handle all the people. I would tell the job centre that but I don't think it would make much different. Infact when I originally went to 'sign on' the lady was laughing at me! I just told her I didn't want a job with many people and I'd rather work with animals, I told her that I wasn't good with people and she was laughing! I wasn't even telling her in a jokey way. I took it lightly, but the fact I'm repeating it now just shows it did kind of hurt

Sometimes I just wonder what other people like me are doing, job wise.

Anyway, thank you for so many replies I really wasn't expecting to check back here with 2 pages!

skintlass

Most webdesigners I know don't have formal qualifications as such they just are good at what they do and enjoy it. Also a high percentage of those have very few social skills and don't interact with people well. I think this could be a good way for you to go.