hi ppl...new member here

[pologuytogo]

Dear forum members,
I am 35 yrs old male and have worked at several jobs before joining a medical assistance company as a customer service officer in 2004. I choose to remain anonymous for now, because my job has become a burden to me lately(depression).
My general job description involves interpreting medical reports for Insurance companies and calculating hospital bills.

I just want to share my confusion and dissapointment with regards to medicine and nursing ,and how to overcome it to be more established and secure in my career.

My previous college education was business and marketing but have never really excelled in sales or marketing (maybe I was afraid to face customers and speak ). I also have had a few years of working experience in accounting and bookeeping.I realized during that time of work , I had become more disillusioned ,introspective and depressed. My previous employer had downsized. That obviously was due to computer dot com crash.

Just after reading your forum on this website about nursing. I have come to realize that sure i still feel insecure about how my career seems to be going nowhere fast.

Helping people is the most important thing for me.Being helpful and proud that i helped someone matters most to me. I admire the groups dedication to nursing. I just want to say I also suffer from burn out and depression but have not gone for counselling yet.

I called my pastor recently and tried to speak with him as a friend but was apprehensive and nervous so I changed the subject immediately. Can anyone help me with a general idea how to get motivated ?. Thank for letting me share this post.

[Old_School]

Hi pologuytogo welcome to the forums.

So let me get this straight. You're not a nurse, but you work in the medical field. You're burned out and depressed because of your job. And you're thinking that going into nursing might help you????

You would like to get conselling but you haven't gotten any yet. But you are wondering if we can recommend some way to get you motivated????

You're a 35 year old guy? You're married/single? You live by yourself/your parents/your spouse? You're supporting yourself/your family?

I think the first thing is to admit to yourself that you're sick and tired of being sick and tired. Go out and do something about it.

O_S