I’m 26F diagnosed in the past with depression and GAD, I went to a top public university in Florida and studied nutrition but upon graduating decided not to go the clinical route.

I had dreams of eventually going back to grad school to do nutrition research or even med school. I love science so much but at the time my depression was too severe I couldn’t enroll in a grad program.

I decided to move cross country where my sister lived to get an “in between” job at a tech company. I found a health tech startup that at the time was a great intersection of my interests. BUT, it’s customer service. I told myself id be here for max 2 years and find something else (I am at 1.5 years and currently looking for other jobs)

The problem is. I have absolutely NO skills. Despite being an A and B student in university, I have not learned any skills that can help further my career. I put myself as “open to work” on my linked in (private so my current employer cannot see) and I am getting recruiters here and there but they’re all for CUSTOMER SERVICE jobs.

People that got hired a year after me in my position are getting promoted and I’m stuck, even though I am (was) a top performer. I stuck out my top performer status for a whole year until I realized my company didn’t give two shits about me and now I’m pigeonholed.

I just hate it. I Hate it so much. I had so many dreams and my depression took me off course and though I’ve felt like I’ve recovered in the past 2 years I am feeling myself slipping back into depression.

I never in my life thought I’d be in a customer service role, but here we are.

I just dont know what to do or how to get out of this. I don’t know how to even begin applying for jobs when people will just look at me like a dumb idiot who can’t do anything besides CX.

I have a blog, and all I really want to do with my life is that and do personal finance coaching. But it’s so hard for me to gain momentum with my blog and actually believe it’s worth while. I’ll get a glimpse of “oh this is exactly what I want to do!!” One day and the next be back with my negative thoughts.

Sometimes I just don’t think I will make any forward progress at all with my job or anything