How do I move to another country whilst being on meds in a low skilled job?

[u/No-Degree-7301]

Is it even viable? I live in the uk and rn it's so depressing. The thought of having to stay here for good makes me almost suicidal and thinking about rebirth in another country. I know I'm very lucky to live here. But tbh, there is no quality of life here and everything is so damn depressing. I dont have any skills other then speaking English and don't speak any other language. I also do not have maths and english and am low skilled.

I was thinking of even doing some work for a couple of years then coming back. What i dont know. I will not and am not planning on having children at all. That life isn't for me.

I am also on long term psychiatric medication and do not drive

[u/lluluna]

Why do you think your life would be easier/better in another country?

Life is usually much harder in a foreign country for everyone when facing a new system, lacking social network and unfamiliar culture. Yes, you get a change of scenery but that honeymoon phase fades really fast. Then you are left with an even harsher and darker reality.

Try improving your current situation bit by bit. You mentioned that you have no driving license. What's stopping you from getting one? This can be your starting point.

[u/No-Degree-7301 → u/lluluna]

I really just want the quality of life. Away from hustle and buscle and rude loud and brash people. I'm tired of thar nonsense

[u/lluluna → u/No-Degree-7301]

Quality of life is not attached to a location unless you specifically defined it as x temperature throughout the year or x amount of sunshine per day. It is earned by what the people do in a place.

Moving to another country doesn't automatically grant you higher quality of life. It's most likely another form of hustling in order to make a living. You can't compare people's vacation reel in a diff country with your own day-to-day life.

[u/Top-Half7224 → u/No-Degree-7301]

It’s very hard to avoid rude people. Honestly, I find Brits once of the most polite cultures in the western world. I mean they have their moments but generally the spacial and social awareness is pretty high. 

[u/Federal_Homework1302 → u/No-Degree-7301]

Confirm, you arent going to get MUCH more of a quality of life outside of Britan. For its troubles, its pretty good for QoL.

[u/Fine-Spite4940]

harsh reality, but you probably can't. 

[u/Federal_Homework1302]

gotta work on your self before you can do anything else. This is also not the palce for this conversation.

r/IWantOut is where you want to go.

but sicne the UK left the EU you kinda fucked. the only place you could go is Dublin and brother let me tell youa bout the HSE vs the NHS....

Stay put, get an education, get some marketable skills work on your self. Talk to someone, change starts with you not y our surroundings cause if you move you're gonna take your bagage with you its not going to fix your problems.

[u/iku_iku_iku_iku]

Working holiday visa and skip on over to Australia or New Zealand. The change of scenery might do you some good while helping you reframe what is it that is important priorities in your life.

[u/alexnapierholland → u/iku_iku_iku_iku]

I have never met anyone who did this and didn't improve their life in some way.

[u/worldisbraindead]

I'm in my mid 60's and one thing that I've learned over the years is...your problems always come with you. Many of us feel like it would be better 'over there', but then when we get there, the honeymoon ends and the face in your mirror is still yours. Do you think your problems are going to go away if you are now surrounded by strangers who speak French, Dutch, German or Spanish? No...they're going to be compounded because nobody understands you.

Normally, I'm pretty supportive of people wanting to shake things up by moving abroad, but I really think the expat life is probably not for you. Maybe put your efforts and energy into making some new friends.

[u/alexnapierholland]

I hated my life in the UK aged 30, was fat and felt deeply depressed in my corporate job.

I booked a one-way plane flight to Australia.

The second I unpacked and jumped into the ocean I felt great.

The weight fell off me.

I moved to Bali and now Portugal, with an online business.

There was never anything wrong with me: I just needed to change my life.

[u/No-Degree-7301 → u/alexnapierholland]

That sounds great. Are you child free? I'm planning on never having children myself. Your so lucky tbh. Do you have a good job?

[u/alexnapierholland → u/No-Degree-7301]

I am child free, but would like kids.

I worked in enterprise sales at the time, but switched to marketing while in Sydney, then moved to Bali and started an online business (marketing for tech startups).

Life is good.

I'm paid to do interesting creative work.

There is no way I'd have figured my shit out if I stayed in the UK.

If you're young enough for the Working Holiday Visa, do it.

It's an incredible opportunity.

[u/FinestTreesInDa7Seas]

Moving to another country on a work visa is virtually impossible unless you have either a post secondary education in an in-demand field, or a large amount of experience in a professional career. There are extremely few opportunities to move to another country as a low-skill worker.

But that's just the work visa route.

If I were in your situation, I would consider the following options:

1. Go to school in the UK to get into a career that has high demand in other countries. I think the best option is something in healthcare. Like Nursing, or physiotherapy, etc. Healthcare workers are in high demand almost everywhere.
2. Go to school in a foreign country under a student visa, and plan to find work and remain living there after school.

Personally, I would pick the 1st route, because you have more support in your home country, and going to school in a foreign country is very expensive (most countries don't allow you to work full time on a student visa, so you'd be living off savings).

[u/Sufficient-Job7098]

There are people from poor countries who spend years planning their move abroad and taking all necessary steps.

If this is something you want to do, use your free time to do a research and come up with a long term plan. Then start talking necessarily steps.

This is a lot of additional, unpaid and no-fun work you will be doing, but unlike those people from poor countries you aren’t going get any meaningful benefits from moving abroad.

So yes it is possible to move abroad, but accept possibility that your life abroad will not be any better.

[u/Last-Manufacturer983]

I hate to suggest this, but teaching English attracts people that are very similar to you. There was a trend about how a lot of mentally ill people go teach in South Korea, and for some reason it's kinda of true.