Just When Things Were Going Ok

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In recent weeks I've been trying to cope with my symptoms and feel I have been doing OK. But I am struggling with the constant lack of respect and being stripped of my dignity at work through people's actions towards me. My name is in mental health reports, notes left about me and my personal health issues on the desk, accessing information about me.

Feel like I just want to walk out and never return but it's easier said than done in this job environment...I know it's not good for me to stay, so feel completely trapped.

 

[Ted Moen]

Walking away feels good at the time, but seldom works out well. In the US PTSD is a disability with a set of protections and rules related to the workplace. Learn the rules related to PTSD in your workplace and use them. And if your case of PTSD is severe enough that you need to be out of the workplace environment, hang in and make the employer do the appropriate paperwork to document you can not work due to your PTSD symptoms. That paperwork will be critical in getting the support you need and deserve.

Ted

 

[Bimble]

Thanks Ted. Working out of that environment where my accident happened has helped a lot. I still have problems from time to time, especially if I've visited it with my support worker. I also still have nightmares, though the terrifying flashbacks have been reduced greatly, thanks to my Consultant and EMDR and the medication I am on.

I never would have believed that PTSD could have held me prisoner for as long as it has. It's completely changed my life, but slowly I am trying to re-build (albeit in another way) and try to focus on what's important to me, which is my family.

Through this forum and people like you, as well as finding great strength from my kids, I've been able to get to where I am now. I'm not there yet, but I've made progress in the right direction which is the main thing.

Thanks.