I’m planning on speaking with whoever I need to tomorrow morning about my condition(s). But I’m not sure what the hell to say other than I have this and that. I just feel like they’re gonna pause in shock and turn the tide on me and have me as a deer in headlights because I’m not sure what to say other than what my symptoms are. I mean, i have poor hygiene, I rarely ever talk to anyone or respond (if I do, it’s yes or no), and if I work too hard, I start to get tunnel vision, then I panic, and feel claustrophobic… Once that happens, I hear either my sibling’s father (I have no relation to him anymore or my siblings), I hear my mother (I don’t know where she went after being released from jail), my ‘friend’ Josh (coping mechanism), or I just hear indistinguishable chatter/yelling/mocking. I basically shutdown and dissociate so I don’t worry anyone around me. Nobody at my new job knows me whatsoever. It’ll be my third day working tomorrow, an i have to keep a stable job if I want to continue living at my aunt’s home… I’m just lost in life right now, an I need your all’s advice before I make the wrong decisions.
If you want them to make an accommodation, you have to figure out what that is.
I wouldn’t just tell them all your problems, especially if you don’t know what they can do, within reason, to help.
I wouldn’t say anything and just try to ride it out till they know you better. Might really need to keep it to yourself. I’m not sure you mentioned anything that is a fireable offense . What exactly do you need accommodations for. Let people think your strange or sz that’s fine . But I wouldn’t let them see that you are both if that’s the case. Because they will put you under a microscope and everything you do strange will be because of sz. There’s lots of strange people that work why not just blend in with the crowd. At least wait but for your 90 day probationary period to pass
What kind of job did you get, and congratulations.
I agree with this, know what accommodations you want. Also be very aware of stigma, I have heard many a sad story of people being fired once they revealed their mental illness. The employers don’t say they were fired for that reason they give some BS one so they can’t be sued for discrimination.
Hey @DatTallGuyCam, good to hear from you. What is the job? Are your supervisors/trainers unhappy with you? Have they said anything of that nature to you at this point? I agree with the others that you need to have an idea of what sort of accommodations would help you.
I’m in the process of doing something similar, though in my case I won’t be telling my diagnosis or symptoms to my supervisor or anyone else in the department. I will be telling these things confidentially to a special department through HR. They have forms for me to sign in order to get my medical records from my doctor. I am doing it because I am unable to handle the job, so I really have no choice but to talk to someone about these things, rather than quit or get fired. I work at a large hospital, though, that is big on inclusion of workers with disabilities, so I don’t have quite as much to be afraid of. I still worry they won’t want me working there, or at least not in the children’s hospital where I currently work, once they know I have sza.
Best of luck to you!
I have a bad feeling that if I asked for accommodations my boss would just give me more work.
Sorry, everyone. I just woke up after getting home. I landed a job at Target doing logistics.