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What kind of jobs can a person with social anxiety get?
I need a list of jobs that don't require working around a lot of people.
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Dragonflymagic is correct in telling you that rather than settle for a job that lets you anxiety control you. You should try and get control of your anxiety But for something like this you cannot do it because we and maybe other people are telling you to do it. You have to want to do it for yourself for all the right reasons.
My brother in-law is a 25+ recovering alcoholic. In aa they tell you a person needs to hit bottom before they will seek help. Another way of putting it is you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
There are plenty of jobs out there for people that don't want to interact with other people and some of them are even good paying jobs. Problem is in getting the good paying jobs you need to be able to interact well at least in the interview.
These jobs would be the route sales jobs of those people that deliver and stock the shelves at supermarkets. They would be the Soda, beer, wine, potato chip and bread vendors. You go inventory your space go out to the truck and bring in fresh stock. It is hard physical work though it pays very well.
If you are still living at home you may be covered under a parent's EAP program from work. This program will pay for a certain amount of visits with a psychologist to work with to help you with your social anxiety. If you are under 26 under certain conditions after the EAP program stops paying your parents health insurance will cover a portions of your therapy visits.
Please consider getting help for this problem as there is a whole wide beautiful world out there than you will be missing if you don't.
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Security guard ( night job, little to no interaction with humans)
Janitor (same as security guard)
Landscaper or yard work( only have 1 human, home owner to deal with)
Mortician (other than the bereaved, you only deal with corpses)
Zoologist (this job entails dealing with just animals)
Vetrinary(you deal with peoples pets mostly but there is some needed interaction with pet owners)
Author(you write at home. Other than book signings, only need to interact with your agent and publisher)
Night time parking lot cleaner or (YOu drive a cleaning vehicle for this and the next listing, no humans or coworkers)
Daytime street cleaner (same as parking lot cleaner)
Fedex or UPS (only people you have to interact with briefly is those who need to sign for the delivery)
Basically, there are lots more driving jobs where you do not interact with any coworkers.
Food delivery trucks or other semi driver jobs, garbage pick up, pickup and delivery of porta potties...etc.
You seem determined to remain anxious rather than be healed. So your choices in rewarding careers will be limited. If you finally get sick and tired of being so anxious, there is a way to be cured. I used to have extreme social anxiety. Although I had to attend school, from kindergarten on, I was very scared of people and having to talk to them. It wasn't until my last yeaer of HS I was finally sick of how it affected my life and followed certain exercises that healed me. I recently found the same program for healing of my particular anxiety listed in a book by Psychologist and author David D. Burns. He used to just hand out medications first. Now he teaches people that there are a couple other methods, non medicinal that are far more effective and pretty quick to get healed too. But in order for it to work, you have to be desperate enough to be healed that you are willing to face your fears. ANd that is a hard one. You'll know when its time for you. And when the time comes, Look for the book "When anxiety Attacks" or check out David's website: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
He uses a method called CBT, cognitive behavioral therapy and it certainly worked for me.
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