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Old Sep 06, 2006, 10:53 PM
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I think that I made some realizations today on why I hate my job so much and why I get so much stress from it. I worked there once before as a temp. During that time is when that guy was stalking me. Also, a guy who started temp work there at the same time as I, has also emailed me several obscene photos of himself--even after I told him to stop contancting him. AND one other person who I met a long time ago was working in my current department when I first started there this time around. He left a couple months, ago, but a few years ago he wanted to date me--behind his *Wife's* back--and right out kissed me. I knew that he he worked for this company when I started, but I didn't know which department. I was a little scared when I saw him. And for a long time after I started this past winter, every night I left work I checked around the parking lot for the guy who had stalked me the year before. I thought of one more thing this afternoon, too: there has been only one other time that I'd skipped work and never called in--it was almost four years ago when I was reacting to my ex-husband. I thought the problem was more light because it's nothing like it was. It's not extreme or all-day anxiety and paranoia or focusing on these people or anything that has happened. From my knowledge of psych--even though it hardly feels true--I am thinking now that mostly subconsciously, all of this is PTSD coming out. I do remember and think of my stalker guy every time I see a the name, first or last. I swear it makes my heart stop sometimes. But then I put it out of my mind and try to go on with whatever I am doing. I am so scared to go in to work though. I don't want to have to go back or talk to my boss or try to explain why I just decided to not show up for work and not even call in. Has anyone else not shown up for work and not called in--regardless of diagnosis? What happened if you did? How did you explain anything? I AM scared--even to call on the phone.
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Old Sep 07, 2006, 09:40 AM
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You have a disability recognizable by the Americans with Disabilities Act. That said, I would speak with your T and support people and decide how to procede. You need to work on this in therapy in order to not be so triggered. BTW are you still homeless?
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