I got a call from work today. I have to have a "psychiatric evaluation" prior to being allowed to go back to work. OK. I work in a very special field that has huge public safety ramifications if something were to go wrong. The company doesn't want to take a chance on someone making an error because of mental illness/issues/distractions. I can actually understand that. But what I cannot for the life of me understand is why the stalker, with a court order against him, did not also get a mandatory psychiatric evaluation. I am to be evaluated because a coworker-turned-stalker's actions made me incredibly afraid for my safety. But he does not need his mental state evaluated when he thinks it's OK to stalk and harass women at home and at work. How is this OK??? Futhermore, I'm terrified of this interview. My whole career rests on what this one individual doctor says. A doctor contracted by a company who is pretty upset about the waves that I have created by bringing sexual harassment charges against a man in their good ol' boys club. I have hardly eaten today, I've been taking anti-nausea meds like candy, and I have been having panic attacks. Everything about this situation feels wrong.
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