I’m so tired of feeling like I suck at my job and am going to get laid off at any moment

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I think I feel this way because I feel like even though no one says my work sucks I feel like they think it does. I realize this is paranoid and probably has no basis. Have depression in this industry is tough.

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It’s probably the depression telling you that. Try hard not to listen, depression is a big liar

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Same. Same. Why do you think you feel that way? I feel I’m sucking because I don’t love my career anymore.

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Plan B should be to be nice to your contacts and ex-colleagues, which you are probably doing anyway, seeing as you're a freelancer. Have your portfolio accessible online too. A crisis of confidence is perfectly normal. You're probably better than you realise.

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Sameee it’s so exhausting having clients 💩 on your work all day long and getting nothing produced

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I feel the same way 😞

Thank you CD1, felt good reading that

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