I have a bachelors, finishing my masters (in a field I don’t like, nor am very good at), and I’m feeling the weight of the awful job market.
My masters “internship” was with the government and due to the shutdown, I can’t secure a job there post-graduation nor would I want to.
My anxiety and depression is just awful. I have no motivation. It feels so pointless to be applying to jobs, with AI screening me out. I graduated during COVID, endured 4 years of working a highly stressful academic researcher job (bio) at the technician (low pay) level, the government shutdown, and an awful masters program. I’m just so burnt out from it all.
I don’t know what to do honestly. I’ve been working with a therapist through my cptsd, depression, anxiety, ocpd, and whatever else. This job market and everybody around me tells me to be resilient and things will get better, but it doesn’t feel that way. I AM resilient, I’m just fighting against impossible circumstances.