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Good for you for standing up for yourself. You need to be getting scheduled breaks. It’s disgusting that teachers have to deal with that. For everyone who doesn’t know ADA is the Americans with Disabilities Act and we can ask for reasonable accommodations from our employer so that we can do our job because OCD is considered a disability.
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- 6y
I’m so sorry that you’re employer doesn’t believe in giving you the breaks you deserve. A job should not stress you to the point of suicide. That’s terrible. I told my boss about my OCD because she criticized me for being too “panicked” about a certain unexpected/stressful situation at work (I am a social work supervisor so stress is part of the job but this situation was over the top and honestly uncalled for). Anyway, her response was that if I have OCD, I should have performed the task better because I would’ve paid closer attention to detail. I was so angry she would stereotype me like that! Anyway, I decided not to make any formal complaint about that comment but now that I’ve disclosed the disability, I know I’ll have some recourse if they make any further comments or try to penalize me for something directly related to the OCD. It’s terrible to have to think of things that way, but we need to stand up for and protect ourselves. We have rights.
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- 6y
@justbee you are SO brave. My ADA is requesting for me to go part time. Regardless of my OCD, my job is expecting too much from one person. I'm in constant fight or flight mode and it's so bad on my physical health. Financially this will turn us upside down, but I'd rather be poor than no longer on earth. You are so brave for quitting. I want to, but my husband doesn't have insurance. I keep applying for other jobs, but no luck yet. I really wanted to work at The Disney Store lol
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I am so proud of you. I am/was a teacher for two years. It was so bad that I had to quit. I barely made it to the end of the school year Alive. My principal was a dick and was not helpful or accommodating. They even refused my request off to go to the psychiatrist I had waited months to get in to. Now I have a part time gymnastics coaching job and my husband thankfully found a better job, and we moved from a house to apartment so I can be home to heal. It has been so hard to not be hard on myself - I miss my students so much.
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- 6y
@AmyGirl, try to look at going part time as an opportunity to explore something you’ve always wanted to do, as opposed to doing something out of necessity. I often will daydream about what career/lifestyle I would have chosen if I didn’t need to rely on my current income. I’m hopeful that, some day, I will be able to explore some of those avenues.
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- 20w
Today my mom broke down crying because of how much stress she feels having to take care of me, she said I can’t do anything in terms of being able to take care of myself and she’s right I can’t, she breaks down constantly because of me, I don’t know what to do, it’s been like this for years, part of me feels like the only way to save her is to kill myself, I don’t want to die, but it feels like the only way to set her free, I don’t think anyone but her would miss me anyways, I feel utterly hopeless. I’m not going to do anything to myself the voices are just SCREAMING that I need to. I can’t work, I can’t go to school, I’m trying desperately to get therapy, I don’t know what else to do, I wish I was a child again and I felt like I had a chance to be okay. I love my mom so much and she loves me and I’m killing her, I’m actually killing her, with how fuckinh worthless and pathetic I am, it’s too much, I miss being a kid.
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- 20w
I don’t know if it’s worth it to keep going. I have so many diagnoses, so little support, and constant struggles with finding the right medication. My immune system is weak, I have multiple deficiencies, and I’m dealing with so many physical health problems on top of severe OCD. It’s just too much. On top of everything, my family treats me so not okay. Every single day is a fight just to keep going—to wake up, to eat, to take care of myself even a little. I’ve lost over ten pounds in the last two weeks from how depressed I’ve been. And instead of support, all I get is blame. My family constantly throws my struggles in my face, calling me selfish, as if I’m choosing this. I am trying so hard to push past all of this. But after five long months of severe OCD, anxiety, depression, panic disorder, and everything else making life unbearable, I am exhausted. And to be called lazy? Selfish? *Worthless*? How am I supposed to keep going when the people around me refuse to see how hard I’m trying? I don’t want this anymore. None of this suffering feels worth it. What am I fighting for just to be treated this way by my own family? To be yelled at for the look on my face, when my face reflects nothing but the stress, panic, and despair I’m drowning in? Am I still supposed to smile for them? This isn’t fair. No one should have to live like this. I don’t deserve to be treated this way, I’m really trying to keep going, but I just want everything to end.
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- 20w
I don’t know what I can do. I guess this is more of a depression thing than OCD but who knows. I have been battling this ongoing war within myself for years now and it’s been affecting my academic performance. situation of mine right now: I haven’t done a lot of work for my classes this month and I feel like I’m going to fail the semester again. I don’t know what it is but I can never seem to begin any work. I know I am capable but why can’t I get myself to start? why has this been going on for so long? I don’t understand. I have a history of good grades back in high school before I turned 17. I don’t even know how to describe it. it’s like I’ve been paralyzed and cannot do any work. but I can somehow do offside tasks like pinterest boards or random youtube videos. if I get rid of those, what do I do? I end up sleeping. because I’m tired. I have a low vitamin D deficiency & have been trying to get energy. I’m at a loss. I also bought unnecessary stuff on sunday when I went out with my family. I bought some things for the kids and I ended up buying myself a dress and a few accessories. now I have to work extra to gain that money back doing uber eats because I need it asap. it’s like I don’t want to work, for now. my coworkers who are around my age don’t work as much & I think to myself, “wow, they must be getting in the work done” meanwhile I’m working 3 days a week (which isn’t much) and attending school. I feel like if I change my schedule again, I’ll ruin it for the rest of my driver coworkers. I’m in a lead position at work so having to put on a mask is quite tiring. there’s so much I want to say that I don’t think it will fit in this post. I have booked a mental health session with a school counselor. all I want at the moment is to have my own place and be in a better mental state to take care of my cats. they mean a lot to me but this stupid ass undiagnosed mental issue is getting in the way. sorry for the long rant. I am tired.
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