Thanks Claire, I really appreciate your reply. To be honest it is getting to the point where I'm considering leaving, but I don't want to seem like I'm running away just as things are getting hard. I don't want to have to admit to work that I'm struggling and I also really don't want to let them down because they're understaffed as it is. I also feel like I'm just being a stupid little girl that doesn't like her job - nobody likes to have to work, it's annoying and tiring. This job is particularly intense though with really long hours and stuff.
I'm actually meeting with a family friend today who used to work at a mental health hospital and I'm hoping he can give me some advice to help me find a job, even if it's voluntary, that isn't as heavy duty as what I'm doing now. I'm just so tired and feel like I'm spending every second of my life doing a job I don't want to be doing that isn't really that relevant - yes it's more relevant than shop work but ideally I need to be working underneath a clinical psychologist, which I'm not doing. I'm basically a glorified maid. Ugh.
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