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Discussion on: Have psychological issues ever had a big impact on your career/life, and how did you deal with that?

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tiff

I won't elaborate on my specific issues, but majority of my life has been spent dealing with one form of issue or another. I had to put off college, for the most part, until I was 30.

Lately, though, it's been crippling anxiety. As I learn and grow as a developer, I go through all kinds of emotions: will I get a job being black and female and over 30? OMG how is this ever going to work? Why don't I know all about insert technology here.

It's difficult but I try to find time to meditate and journal. Really, it's the only way I can cope with the stressors of being unemployed and one last semester of university. I won't be able to finish university; I just don't have the money. But fear and downtrodden times are a motivator, regardless of the anxiety it brings me.