I am a healthcare worker myself. I randomly felt very scary symptoms and I called the ambulance for the first time in my life and they checked me out, told me that it was most likely a panic attack but I should go in for further testing.
This is all one hour before my hospital shift so I called in to work because I don't feel well and honestly I feel like I let everyone down bc I was supposed to be the only afternoon person working today. It's shitty.
I feel like a failure bc I've never experienced that before and I didn't expect it to be just possibly a panic attack? And the calling off work last minute isn't cool it's shitty and now I'm wondering what my next steps are if I need time off? I have zero benefits
I just put this here bc I feel guilty for having to call in…and I just think my new job is causing me stress.