OCD and working

Anyone else feel absolutely defeated after work, I’m talking mentally, emotionally and physically beat where everything HURTS and you’re upper back to the top of your head is in severe pain from the stresses of OCD? I don’t even have the energy to speak when I get home to my family. I just feel Emotionless and dead. And getting out of my car just to the front door feels like the biggest task ever, my dad always says “here she comes dragging herself home from work!”

swamp thing

Date posted: 11h

I know how that can be when I work in the past with my OCD and other issues it felt like it took everything out of me just to get through the day on the job and when I got home I couldn't hardly do nothing some days I couldn't even make myself go to work I won't lie I'm hoping I can go back to work here in the near future it's definitely makes it hard I won't lie to work force is a little bit more understanding on mental illness than it was when I got into it 25 years ago

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Date posted: 11h

@Anonymous Although I am sorry you had to stop working I do thank you for sharing because It is validating to know that someone has had to completely stop working. I have been there were I had to call off work or I basically got forced to resign from a job due to them noticing I wasn’t with it and seemed I was forcing myself to be there. I seem to constantly take two-6 months off inbetween jobs over the years

swamp thing

Date posted: 11h

A lot of changed when it comes to mental illness and then the working world than it was 25 years ago but it's still not a perfect system yet but it's better than it used to be

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Date posted: 11h

@Anonymous That is a nice reminder, thanks I do appreciate that I live in a time where people are required to be more lenient of mental illness in the work world

birdiee

Date posted: 7h

I completely understand. When I was working, it became extremely hard for me to stay organized or keep up with things in my personal life. I wanted to clean my room, but I just couldn’t. There were so many things I wanted and needed to do, but work consumed so much of my life that I didn’t have the energy or mental space for anything else. It felt like all I did was work. I honestly can’t remember much from those years because it was so overwhelming. I felt like I was being swallowed by my job, and there was very little room left for me to just exist outside of it. I’m sorry you’re going through this I know how draining it can feel.

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