Fresia, thanks.

I agree with you, but what has been happening to me the past two months is I keep setting limits (the same ones) and I keep getting scheduled anyway, way more than I want. Half the time I get there and get pressured to stay even longer. I tell my supervisor I can't do it, and he begs me to just do it one more week because he's so shorthanded, and then the next week comes and he does the same thing all over again.

So I feel like I AM setting my limits and saying no, over and over, but he just ignores me, or lies. He's even admitted, "OK I lied. I just needed to find a way to get you to do it and lying was all I had."

What do you do with that?

It took me a year and a half to get this job after losing a good job in 2008 (due to the crash), but I feel like I have no life and no decent paychecks either.

I do think I'll pass on my therapists solution of a doctor's note though I don't want to disclose. I think the down side is too big.

I will bring it up to HR though--like, how can I limit my availability? Other people manage it. And it's not like I'm not being clear. I am.