Expert: Torski Dobson-Arnold - 7/13/2010

Question
I don't feel like I'm good at anything, career-wise. I am a very intelligent person, even a published writer, however I have always struggled in school and in my career path. I dropped out of college due to my struggle with low grades, and I've never had a job that lasted much more than 2 years. My present job is the one I've had the longest. For a very long time I felt like I had finally found something I was good at, and a job I could keep for life. I keep getting told to this day that I am one of the best employees, however just in the last few months everything seems to be falling apart and I can't do anything right. I feel I may soon lose it. This added to the fact that I can no longer put up with severe dishonesty by management, I feel it's once again time to move on. But it's easy to get discouraged, and I'm afraid that I won't be good at this next job either, which would be caring for people in a home for people with disabilities (I am used to various types of office work). What makes it worse is that every time I switch jobs my resume looks worse and worse, because it becomes even more obvious I've never really belonged anywhere. I'm feeling so lost. Do you have any advice?
Note- For what it's worth, I have been diagnosed with ADD. But I don't feel that's any reason to be held back in life.

Answer
Antoinette,

I am sorry to hear that you are feeling down about your abilities.  Just reading your post, it appears that there are more that just professional issues here.  I would suspect (and I am no doctor) that there may be some mental and/or emotional issues here that would need to be addressed first.  I would HIGHLY recommend that you seek out the services of a clinical therapist.

I do hope this helps!

Claiming nothing but success in all of your career endeavors,

Torski Dobson-Arnold