I always hate it when people are all āso do you go to school, or are you working, orā and I either have to
make up some lie, or
eventually get around to āI am not working because of depression/anxiety,ā and subsequently have to deal with whatever bullshit-riddled and completely unsolicited opinions on mental illness this stranger feels obligated to share with me.
So my therapist was like, āYou donāt have to do either. You can just say you havenāt worked in a while because youāre recovering from an illness.ā
I tried it when the home inspector was here today, and it fucking worked. He was like, āoh, Iām sorry, are you doing better now,ā and Iām like yeah, and donāt worry, itās not contagious, awkward laugh, and we moved on.
MY THERAPIST. IS A GENIUS. Because it is an illness, so itās not a lie to say that, and itās also none of his business to know specifically what it is, and I clearly donāt want to give more details, so we should move on from this topic. MY THERAPIST IS A GODDAMN GENIUS.
Dude I needed this. I never know what to say when people ask if I work because Iām severely disabled and donāt work.
REBLOG TO SAVE A LIFE HOLY SHIT
To add, this works on job interviews too. Ā I once had to answer theĀ āso whats up with this gap of 8 months in your resume where you were unemployed?ā and I just said I had suffered an illness and I needed time to recover.
Itās easy enough, not a lie, and puts them on edge enough that they usually donāt go digging.
