Time to change my life

I don't think he's chosen to chuck his job, but circumstances have overtaken him and he's using it as an opportunity to explore other options.

Also, a recession isn't a bad time to retrain - in 3-4 years time the job market will be quite different to today (or it may not - but nobody can predict that).
 
f00f1ght0r said:
Whilst I admire you changing your directions, I think smaller changes may be more appropriate and less regrettable for now. Things like taking on a new hobby, changing your habits, foods, exercise all play a big difference no matter how trivial they may seem.

If you do choose to persevere with your career change, I work within Higher Education and could help direct you to the right people at a University which has a massive NHS intake of nurses and medical staff.
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Great advice, and also a great offer from a fellow member!
 
theDude said:
I think that I should perhaps begin with a short course in something i like such as photography as this will ease me back into education.
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I'd agree with that, I've been out of the education system for 10 years and recently had to do a microsoft exam for work, very simple stuff and not related to my job but needed it for box ticking.

It wasn't at all interesting but getting back into the swing of revising and exams was remarkably easy and it did start me thinking of taking more (relevant to me) exams in the future.
 
From personal experience, be careful about education when you're suffering from depression, particularly if it's combined with more severe anxiety.

You do not want the pressure of education on you while you work through overcoming depression. Living on peanuts, in the knowledge that you're getting yourself more in debt is crippling enough for most people; if you're depressed it's practically a paralytic.
 
Nothing to add to the education advice from me. However I will air a word or two about the depression.
Having lived with someone who suffered with clinical depression, and having a prolonged downer myself due to circumstantial stuff (splitting up badly with her some time ago, and the ever tightening pressure of cash flow and less than satisfactory employment - I feel my life is not my own anymore, if that makes any sense?), I can say this with some degree of certainty: You have to want things to change. Nobody can do that for you.

Loosing the heart for life/doing stuff is a very hard situation to dig yourself out from and as others have mentioned a cautionary word to; don't bite off more than you can chew.

Little steps are where it's at.

It sounds like you are in the process of formulating a plan - good for you - a plan, no matter how open to change it may be, is far better than no plan at all.

Ultimately, the only strictures in your life that matter are the self-imposed ones. Extreme ends of the scale are a bad thing - you either have no drive to do anything, or you are so driven towards a particular goal that it takes over your life and well-being. Some kind of balance and perspective is usually somewhere in the middle ;) and if propagating a change in your life is a means of discovering that, then so much the better for you.




Oh, yeh... ignore the comments from people who don't seem to have even a modicum of empathy or basic comprehension skills, which reduces their world to 'face value' only. You might disappear down the proverbial rabbit hole now and then, but imagine a world so flat and mundane as theirs; I'd much rather be the flawed individual that I am than be so facile as to not even realise my own lack of compassion and understanding.
 
theDude said:
Ideally what i really want to do is to become a diagnostic radiographer. Taking x-rays etc. This is somthing completely new to me and the reasons i am interested in this i was always interested in biology and the sciences and also i like photography (photos inside people must be cool right?) and helping people.
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I am asking what your thoughts are about going back to school? is my plan a good one? are they any radiologists on this forum that i can ask questions? anyone reccomend a photography diploma?
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Hey dude, I'm no radiographer but I've nearly finished medschool and I've done a radiology rotation. If you got any questions then fire away - prob don't know enough to help you but I can try :).

Ignore the dicktards who don't understand what depression is. It's a serious debilitating disease with a 100% biological cause. No question of 'manning up' or wading through it; sometimes bits of your brain just give up for a bit a stop functioning as they should do. The upside is no one is depressed forever, and while it sometimes can be a thing which comes and goes, it will almost certainly improve with time. The best thing you can do is what you are doing - look forwards, have a long term plan, and look for things to occupy your mind with. If you're busy with things, and you know where you want to be in 2-3 years time, then you're on the right track.

The worst thing someone with depression can do (and it's so easy to do) is to just fall into a rut and not move forwards. So good on you, and best of luck m8 :)!
 
I think if it's something you're sure you want to do, then go for it! Just make sure that you really do want to be a diagnostic radiographer - talk to some, try and get to see what their work is actually like (unless you have already!). I don't know much about specific courses you neeed, but an access diploma thing sounds like a good idea... Just get in touch with places you might like to study at, see whether the course is acceptable for the degree you want to do, and then get applying! I think the deadlines are generally quite late for those courses, but no harm in getting your foot in the door early!

Hope whatever you end up doing it goes well!
 

snipped to avoid the troll, use the money you have to support a foundation course related to your area of interest, then take it from there :)

I dont know who you are but to pull yourself back out of the hole and think in a positive way like this is inspiring and makes me think the **** over here is trivial in comparison :)
 
take some time out, aslong as you need. people these days seem to rush things. you're only here once, why not take your time? yeh, life moves pretty fast but hit it at your best!
 
my advice to you is don't lose sight of hope. you have the desire to change things and thats first step. stop dwelling on bad things and feeling sorry on yourself and embrace the positive energy you have in you right now and move forward one step at the time. as long as you go to bed and wake up with the objective in your mind it will carry you through whatever the challenge and always appreciate the help and support from your friends and family. don't hide yourself from the world and keep your social circle because you will need them
 
Honestly, if you really want to make a go of this, then I suggest looking into doing a Foundation Degree.
 
I would never go to a doctor if I felt depressed! With that on your medical record it sticks like crap for many years after. Think of all the application, medical or travelling questions that ask "Have you ever been diagnosed with depression or any other mental state?". Not worth the stigma if you ask me.

I'm going for residency for NZ at the moment and that was asked as one of the questions for residency! If it was kept confidential then fair enough, but the stigma attached to it is shocking.
 
Live your dream dude, it doesn't sound stupid.

It will be a secure job, earning a good and reliable wage.

I am 28 this month, still live at home with my mummy and daddy. Raged quit my good job in 2008, then went to teacher training, that was not for me, now working back at a proper career.

The thought of dying in my home town depresses me greatly, all my mates have moved away or are married... hence I have decided to save my money until I get 10k and then will forfill my dream and go work in OZ/NZ.

So, chin up go do your studying and be happy... it sounds like awell considered plan to me.

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I'm going for residency for NZ at the moment and that was asked as one of the questions for residency! If it was kept confidential then fair enough, but the stigma attached to it is shocking.
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How did you get to NZ in the first place?

I don't have a job offer but only 20 points shy of the 140 mark, so could enter an EOI, but I doubt I will get in without a job offer, my qualification and work experience are on the skills shortage list so maybe I should just apply and see if I get a skilled migrant visa with the ability to look for skilled work for 9 months?
 
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