I agree that she needs to just accept that she can't work without the right professional support given for now. Because whatever she's trying to keep working in that workplace, it's just hurting her obviously and a burden for other people who then will hurt her further because of it, even if they don't intentionally want to harm her.





It's certainly not in line with normal social standards but at least the person outside got a nice meal And yeah she will have to learn to process her grief using her own emotional imagination or other techniques without having to display it to everyone around her, even to relative strangers like coworkers.





Mental illness can be like that especially near a mental breakdown. It can be disturbing for those witnessing but we cannot blame the person for it. I hope she gets the help she needs, in a professional context, where she is least likely to get hurt and overloaded more.






Agreed. My thinking - without knowing any of the previous background tbh - is that it may be ASD (and maybe there's a touch of Dependent PD, but I'm not diagnosing!!), and because of how she's trying to fit into the world without enough professional support, she's starting to display more Borderline symptoms because of the overwhelm too, plus maybe has BPD issues anyway.

So it's definitely very much worth a try checking this out, whether support/resources for ASD people would help her. In my understanding, ASD and other non-neurotypical people cannot really change themselves beyond a point and they shouldn't even force it, they just need to find a way to manage. Or otherwise it'll be overload and further mental illness like the above, I imagine.


That's just one possible interpretation though re: ASD, I have very little information here, the only one thing I am sure of is OP needs professional help & stop overloading herself with trying too hard for now. Because a lot of the symptoms she's displaying right now are due to that, like her other thread too. It's definitely concerning.

I think I can't add more to this thread though. I'm not going to post more on here.