Rajah
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...who is in a situation she doesn't like, has very low self esteem, considers herself to have no computer skills whatsoever (only partially true -- she knows more than she thinks she does. No, she's nowhere near an expert, but she has the skills to pick up on at least some office clerical jobs pretty quickly and certainly on graphics programs) and who has a medical problem that would prevent her from holding up to any even moderately physical jobs like Walmart? This particular person's medical problem is such that it flares up with any kind of stress, leaves her unable to drive some days, unable to use her arm some days, and saps her strength on some days so she physically can't do anything but rest. Leaves her "scatterbrained" (I know there's a nicer way of putting it) on some days, too. Even just trying to go to a club seminar for a week wipes her out for the next week. On good stretches, she does quite well. It's the bad stretches that are bad.
How do you help someone like that? She wants to work but knows she can't hold up to it physically and would end up putting herself in the hospital, hasn't been able to find anything to work from home doing that brings in enough money to make it worth doing it, and is convinced she can't do the rest because of her "lack of computer skills."
Any suggestions of how to help someone like that other than listening when they need an ear?
How do you help someone like that? She wants to work but knows she can't hold up to it physically and would end up putting herself in the hospital, hasn't been able to find anything to work from home doing that brings in enough money to make it worth doing it, and is convinced she can't do the rest because of her "lack of computer skills."
Any suggestions of how to help someone like that other than listening when they need an ear?
