I used to work with the public & had to think on my feet & have good memory skills (shot now & no math ability at all). So I had to give up that portion of my job, but I did not state the reason why. In other words, I LIED. Also, I could not predict my mood (rapid-cycler bipolar) so it was difficult, to say the least, when I could feel the tears coming & I would be in public & THERE WAS NO REASON TO BE CRYING so again I would have to LIE & make up stories like my brother was in a motorcycle accident, etc. It just got to be too much & with a sense of morality (don't want to be lying all the time) plus a bad memory (can't remember the lies I've told) it was very stressful.

So now the part of the job I do is in an office all alone on my time schedule. I can go in at 6:00 a.m. or on Sunday afternoon. It's just at the beginning of the month I work like a fiend for 3 days (& have to do only about 7 hours of it at the office & can break that up into 2 different days & the rest of it at home) putting out the bills so it works well for me. Then I'm off the rest of the month so I'm very part-time. I'm kind of like a phantom employee, but I get a raise every Sept. so I guess I'm doing OK. I don't go to the Christmas parties, but I've been there 18 years & when one of the employee's grandson committed suicide I talked to her & gave her some helpful literature (my mother committed suicide & I've had my share of attempts).--Suzy