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pollyjean23


Marc Jacobs

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I'm finding that I am getting sick of helping people as a main portion of my career.  I feel horrible for thinking that, but I can't help it.  Has anyone else who has worked in a helping profession experienced this for longer than just five minutes after a difficult client/student/patient left your workplace? 

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Elle


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I really hope it's not a problem, or else I know alot of people who are in the wrong career!

It doesn't matter if you generally like to help people - if someone is difficult to deal with for whatever reason, helping them is going to really suck.  Even if you're helping relatively decent people it can get old quick.  Taking on and helping solve issues/problems for that many people one right after another isn't easy for anyone!

Pretty much all the jobs I've had have been help-oriented, and for me it wasn't necessarily the helping itself that got annoying, it was the constant need to be 'on' and be interacting with someone new all the live-long day.  It can be emotionally exhausting on the best of days, more so I'd think than a job where you can close your door and do your work with only occasional interuptions from co-workers.

Do you get your breaks regularly?  Is there someone who can commiserate with you after a particularly hard person has (finally) left?  Bitching helps IMO!

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Suasoria


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I think everyone I know who is in a public benefit type of position (teaching, nursing, law enforcement, counseling, city or county workers) ends up hating the very people they were once called to serve. Who can blame them?


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pollyjean23


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Thank you for your input, Suasoria and Elle. 

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