Comments on: Finding Self-Respect Whether You are Employed or Not

By: Shirley Davis

Shirley Davis — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 21:09:09 +0000

In reply to Bex. I can identify with your fear and trepidation. I had a job I loved dearly but was forced to leave when I became too ill to do the work. I hope it all works out for you and that you get the full-time position. No matter what, you are worthwhile whether you get the full-time position or not. Shirley

By: Bex

Bex — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 19:49:01 +0000

I have C-PTSD and have been employed for the past almost 7 months. I love my job but might have to leave due to low hours. It’s the only place I’ve never been triggered and feel at ease. When I’m at work I feel pretty good about things. Heartbroken and scared that I might have to leave. My manager said he’s talking to his boss this weekend about making me full time but I’m scared it won’t work out and I’ll have to go back to either living on food stamps and disability or be triggered all the time somewhere else. That’s the fear anyway. I just want to keep the job I love.

By: Shirley Davis

Shirley Davis — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:01:28 +0000

In reply to Zanna Shirmana. I am so sorry you went through all of that trauma. It sounds like the people in your family and such who would say you are invalid would dos o whether you were capable of working or not. You are valuable just because you are a living, breathing human being. Anyone who cannot see your value should be ashamed. You are NOT worthy of those unflattering comments, you are deserving of so much more. If no one else has told you today, I feel you are valuable. Shirley

By: Zanna Shirmana

Zanna Shirmana — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:43:49 +0000

Very nice article. Not only did I not have supportive parents, I also received three head injuries by age four, one of which I was not expected to survive. Naturally, the head traumas affected the psychiatric, social, and learning environments, which then spilled over into the working environments.

The traumas were invalidated both by family and doctors, yet dialectally, nobody could understand why I did this and why I couldn’t do that. “Why do you behave this way?” “Listen!” (I am deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other.) Though being approved for disability validates the physical traumas (and the accompanying psychiatric problems), it also seems that it is the final confirmation that I am unworthy in a working environment, which explains all the unflattering comments.