Military redditors: I have depression/anxiety, will joining the military make me better or worse?

sketchysoldier · 1 year

I have depression/anxiety

I am not in the army but let me put it this way. There is nothing uplifting or calming about war.

GeorgeLouisCostanz · 1 year

Cool story, bro.

_Goose_ · 1 year

Is one looking at new new and the other at rising new?

Reddophile · 1 year

Irony

rafman81 · 1 year

Stare Decisis?

Reddophile · 1 year

Unemployment is very low in Australia and wasn't much higher in Canada when I was there but still, remember than I dropped out of school in grade 11 so I have my own factors working against me.

If you are a young person with little experience, I think it's very important to display uncanny energy and pep. You want to make the employer think, "okay, he may not have a lot of experience but he looks like he's ready to move my entire inventory/write 10,000 lines of code/do 2 weeks-worth of whatever the job entails in the next 5 hours if I let him out on that floor."

It also really helps to show that you are a good learner. Distinctions in school are great for that, obviously, and having some things you've learned on your own is even better. But if you are talking about things that you have not yet learned, don't go overboard promising that you'll memorize everything there is to know about the job in a week.

Rather, if you get the job go ahead and do that learning without talking about it. You want to make the employer think that you are keen to work, not keen to tell them whatever is going to impress them.

Reddophile · 1 year

I am attractive now but I wasn't always. I have always had a good way with words, though. So I'm told.

Reddophile · 1 year

I work from home but I do ride a kangaroo when I go out to meet with clients. His name is Hopkins.

Reddophile · 1 year

It's definitely not my fellatio skills because I've never done that. I would say the most important thing you can do is exude confidence. Everybody likes confidence.

To an employer, confidence suggests that your skills are likely good, that you likely will not be socially awkward around the work place, that you likely will not let customers take advantage of you and the business if your job involves dealing with customers.

Another very important thing is to always focus on what you can do for the employer, not what you are like personally or, worse, what they can do for you. All the employer cares about is what you can do for them.

Reddophile · 1 year

Canada to Australia.

BIG_B0SS · 1 year

Americans are very zealous about their rights and freedoms.

easyjet · 1 year

If you don't understand the value of short and catchy naming, you clearly don't know a thing about marketing and are in no position to condescend.

chrismog · 1 year

You need to find out what delivery company Talbots uses and dispute it with them. This is not an issue with your credit card company unless your card has bonus coverage against this sort of thing.

Reddophile · 1 year

I figured with this being the AMA section, you might want some actual questions instead of nothing but perverted comments. My mistake. Have a good night.

Reddophile · 1 year

What is something interesting about you? "Hot blonde, drunk" hasn't sufficed for me since I grew out of my tween years.

Reddophile · 1 year

Just call the police, they'll tell you who was dispatched to your house that night.

Rosatryne · 1 year

It never hurts to use a question that nobody else could possibly know the answer to. That's the whole point.

Reddophile · 1 year

He had no right to do it. You never threatened him, so his actions were not in self defense. Plus, twisting your wrist is a very clear cut assault. You can press charges and complain about the officer who misled you as well.

Reddophile

TROPHY CASE

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