Mags 2
15-08-08, 22:03
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Hello Everyone,
My name is Mags and I'm 52 and live in Newcastle in the North East of England.
I am normally a doer, a coper, a multi tasker, an organiser, but this year has been very bad or me. First I was ill for 10 weeks. The week after I recovered, my husband had a stroke. The week after he returned to work, my mother was taken ill. Throughout all this, I was having problems at work due to a new Line Manager.
Eventually I decided to resign as The situation was becoming stressfull.
My employer has not played fair with me at all, sending me home on Garden Leave, then refusing to give me a reference. As my job involves cash handling this has damaged my reputation in my field.
After my holiday, I started a temporary job, but began having panic attacks. At first it was just at work, then it happened in the supermarket when I was shopping for food for work. I am now at the stage where anything vaguely work related makes me very anxious and can bring on an attack. I have had to leave the temporary job and now have no income, and can't imagine working again soon.
I have seen my GP and I'm taking medication and waiting for some counselling. However I have had no choice but to persue a Grievance against my former employer. This means that I have to attend a meeting with them and I am waiting to hear when and where. I am now unable to answer the phone or open letters, so I feel like I'm getting worse. I know why this is happening to me, but am finding it so hard to deal with.
I am planning to read everything on this site in the hope of finding things that can help.
Speak soon,
:)
Hello Everyone,
My name is Mags and I'm 52 and live in Newcastle in the North East of England.
I am normally a doer, a coper, a multi tasker, an organiser, but this year has been very bad or me. First I was ill for 10 weeks. The week after I recovered, my husband had a stroke. The week after he returned to work, my mother was taken ill. Throughout all this, I was having problems at work due to a new Line Manager.
Eventually I decided to resign as The situation was becoming stressfull.
My employer has not played fair with me at all, sending me home on Garden Leave, then refusing to give me a reference. As my job involves cash handling this has damaged my reputation in my field.
After my holiday, I started a temporary job, but began having panic attacks. At first it was just at work, then it happened in the supermarket when I was shopping for food for work. I am now at the stage where anything vaguely work related makes me very anxious and can bring on an attack. I have had to leave the temporary job and now have no income, and can't imagine working again soon.
I have seen my GP and I'm taking medication and waiting for some counselling. However I have had no choice but to persue a Grievance against my former employer. This means that I have to attend a meeting with them and I am waiting to hear when and where. I am now unable to answer the phone or open letters, so I feel like I'm getting worse. I know why this is happening to me, but am finding it so hard to deal with.
I am planning to read everything on this site in the hope of finding things that can help.
Speak soon,
:)