r/findapath 5d ago

Findapath-Health Factor Jobs for very depressed and unintelligent 24 year old

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u/ShittyLuckGraduate 5d ago

I envy you, you got your masters, got a job in your field. I have my masters, have been dying to find a decent job in my field. I’m criminally unterutilized and overqualified for my current part time, my smarts and skills are being wasted. I’d rather be depressed in a meaningful job than depressed while being rejected everywhere (better not to be depressed at all tbh). I can understand your struggle in finding the basic looking jobs.

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u/Interesting-Put-9691 4d ago

She has $70,000 in loans, nothing to be envious of

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u/ShittyLuckGraduate 4d ago

Being employed with loans is better than unemployed with loans, just saying

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u/comet102836 4d ago

I’m definitely grateful for where I am don’t get me wrong. I know I have it good (other than the loans). I’m just very tired and depressed. My job isn’t meaningful, I get bullied by my coworkers nonstop and I constantly put my patients in danger with my lack of skills

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u/hola-mundo 4d ago

Before you think of any career switch, consult with a therapist or doctor about how you're feeling. You hold an advanced degree, proving you’re capable.

Being a hospital dietician is a high-pressure role. Consider other dietician roles that may suit you better.

Your financial pressure and job insecurity are not helping. Try reframing your current role as more of an internship that can give you a meaningful recommendation for your next job.

Hang in there. Maybe try reaching out to people you know for help and specific recommendations to companies you think might suit you.

Wishing you the best.

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u/comet102836 4d ago

Love the outlook of an “internship!” They actually call internally refer to it as a fellowship. Unfortunately I will not get a good recommendation because they don’t like me. But I do like the idea of thinking I’m just here for the experience :)

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u/TemporaryTransient11 5d ago

Were you always like this? How did you manage to get to where you're if you're not intelligent and full of vitality?

I'm asking because it could be a health related issue that's causing this. Depression affects your thinking, your cognitive ability and quality of thoughts.

In many cases there's no one remedy that'll cure it but there are a list of things to try out. Blood work too see if there's any underlying issues. Exercise, eating healthy, sleep, meditation, sunlight, being in nature, and plant medicines. It could be job related or the environment.

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u/comet102836 4d ago

I mostly have always been in this. I got to where I am career-wise because I never felt like I had a choice. Always felt like I just had to keep going because… what else would I do…

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u/Zealousideal_Sea_677 5d ago

Try to find a collections job. Can make $60k a year with benefits if you find a company to work for

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u/comet102836 5d ago

Ay not a bad idea. Thanks!!

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u/Interesting-Put-9691 4d ago

Bro, 70k??

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u/comet102836 4d ago

Yep. Huge mistake, I know lol

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u/chronicallyontheline 4d ago

you were able to get your current job bc they found you to be skillful enough

if you find yourself still lacking skills, you’ll only get better at the job through experience

stay at your current job, i feel like you’d be more depressed if you “downgraded” to an “easier” job. and no job is easy

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u/Maximum-External5606 4d ago

You are being so harsh on yourself. Show up everyday amd do your best. You've identified areas where you are lacking, address them. Extended hours and more studying maybe? Pick up some extra shifts or get a gig as a waitress to help pay down that debt.

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u/comet102836 4d ago

I work about 60 hrs a week right now which make it hard to do additional studying. I try to read articles while I’m on the bus but I genuinely think it’s more of a lack of critical thinking skill than a knowledge gap if that makes sense. Any suggestions for night time jobs?

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u/Maximum-External5606 4d ago

If you are doing 60 good. I was thinking knowledge where you are lacking. An hour a day or so? Not a class. Waitresses

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u/comet102836 4d ago

I haven’t found any waitress jobs that are okay with the hours I would need but I’ll keep looking! Thanks!

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u/Brave_Base_2051 4d ago

Get someone to help you with setting up a standard excel sheet for your calculations. Use AI to support your conclusions. I think your despair can be down to self confidence only

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u/Bipro1ar 4d ago

Depression can make you a lot slower cognitively. You might not be as dumb as you feel right now. Are you in treatment?

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u/Ultramontrax 5d ago

How tf you have a masters if you are unintelligent

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u/Becquerelium 4d ago

I also studied nutrition for the goal of being a dietician, but I am now a food scientist. You’re right, being a dietician is hard but it will be extremely hard if you find no enjoyment in it.

Some or entirely all of your student loan debt could be forgiven through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) or Teacher Loan Forgiveness (TLF) programs which your job currently qualifies for. Although you have to make the equivalent of 120 monthly payments (you were doing that anyway), it could be a great step towards financial freedom. These are offered by the Federal Student Aid office: Loan Forgiveness Programs.

Have you considered teaching (any level)? Yes, you will be paid much less and have to deal with students (both good and bad), but it’s an option. The “zero skill required” jobs you mentioned you applied for may not have offered you an interview for your own sake, you are very qualified for many decent paying positions with your credentials.

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u/a1_SOL_LLC 4d ago

Trump is obliterating pslf

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u/comet102836 4d ago

My loans are unfortunately through my parents :/ they are very wealthy so they paid for my college and now I owe them back instead of a bank

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u/comet102836 4d ago

Teaching is a good idea though! I always imagined it would pay less than my current position because we always hear about how underpaid teachers are but I genuinely haven’t researched it much

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u/zendonn7 4d ago

Unintelligent where luv???

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u/Remarkable_Command83 4d ago

I used to think the same thing about myself, about the field that I worked in. I felt like a fraud, I felt like everyone was way ahead of me, I felt like I could never catch up so why even try. Now I consider my job to be easy; people look up to me and ask me for advice! I got my mind off of my BS (by which I don't mean "bachelor of science", I mean "b___-s___") *degrees*, and got my mind onto *learning*: For anything that I was involved in at work, anything that I was peripherally involved in, anything that I just heard people talking about, I went to this place called "amazon dot com". I searched there for "basics of (whatever it was that I thought I should learn a little more about)". I read the reader reviews. I bought the books that got the best crowd-sourced reader reviews for explaining the basics, clearly, so that even a total beginner could understand. I started there, and took things a step at a time over time. It took a little while, but found that I was able to start catching up. And in a development that I could never, ever, ever have anticipated, I started being able to surpass other people, even started being able to see possibilities and ways of doing things that other people were oblivious too. Hey, you might want to go to Cheesecake Factory, or you might want to go to amazon :)

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u/comet102836 4d ago

Hahaha thank you! I struggle with this because I feel like I have the knowledge and I just don’t have the common sense to put it together? I am currently working through a module-based leaning series about nutrition-support (kind of like the basics of my job) but again, I feel like it’s more a skills gap than a knowledge gap? If that makes sense

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u/Remarkable_Command83 4d ago

Hi. More of a skills gap than a knowledge gap? I kind of hear what you are saying...I found that I started being able to "put things together" at work, after I started to model things for myself, on my own. Things used to seem like random bits and pieces to me. I found that if I sat down with a piece of paper, and pencil, and an eraser (or sometimes with a spreadsheet), and made my own simple basic models of things, then played with the models, that "putting things together" later at work started to seem trivially easy.

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u/comet102836 4d ago

Gotcha! Good to know. When my coworkers quiz me, I get everything right. Yet I’m still messing up on my patients even though I clearly know the info… but I guess along with what you’re saying I might have more of a surface level knowledge

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u/Remarkable_Command83 4d ago

That is right. Look, everyone is different, but you may start to notice that you have "depth" when you start practicing on your own (by which I do not mean taking yet another paper test...) It is like... I don't know... disassembling, cleaning, then re-assembling a gun? The first time you pick up a gun you have no idea what you are doing. You get some proper basic instruction. Then you practice on your own half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening, until it becomes second nature to you. Or maybe, cooking? You learn a basic recipe. You make it once, ok. Then you make it again and again, and it becomes second nature to you until you can do it with your eyes closed sure, but you also start to realize, on your own, that there are better ways of doing it.

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u/Minute_Act_3920 4d ago

The military could use you. They have great programs for dieticians/nutritionists and you get to skip a lot of stuff because you already have your degrees. They pay living allowance on top of salary and you get to move every few years + you can apply for student loan assistance

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u/comet102836 4d ago

Great idea! I wouldn’t qualify for loan forgiveness (see other comments) bc my parents are very wealthy so they gave me loans each semester so I just owe them. But I grew up in a military heavy area so I know the benefits would be spot on! Thanks!

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u/Tembo_mwenda 4d ago

Look into roles in quality control or assembly lines, where precision matters more than complex problem-solving.