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The idea of returning to this job gives me genuine dread.

Last April I had a traumatic on the job injury (100% because of the employers faulty equipment). I literally broke my back. Luckily, though I will have lasting effects, I was not paralyzed or anything like that. I've not been working since then. The way they handled everything was not good. Really bad in fact. A lawyer involved, union involved, I won't share too many identifying details. But…that part of it left me with some serious issues. Any time they contact me in any way it makes me feel sick. After some of their shenanigans it was hard for me to sleep from anxiety for over a month. Today I got an offer for limited duty, and my first inclination was to start crying. I don't want to go back there. I want to quit so bad but I'm not well enough to find another job that I could give…


Last April I had a traumatic on the job injury (100% because of the employers faulty equipment). I literally broke my back. Luckily, though I will have lasting effects, I was not paralyzed or anything like that. I've not been working since then. The way they handled everything was not good. Really bad in fact. A lawyer involved, union involved, I won't share too many identifying details. But…that part of it left me with some serious issues. Any time they contact me in any way it makes me feel sick. After some of their shenanigans it was hard for me to sleep from anxiety for over a month. Today I got an offer for limited duty, and my first inclination was to start crying. I don't want to go back there. I want to quit so bad but I'm not well enough to find another job that I could give 100% to. Quitting would disrupt my workman's comp claim, as would rejecting the limited duty. I have honestly been on the wait-list for therapy for this shit, less for the accident itself (also kind of traumatic) but mostly for the inhumane treatment and decline in mental health that followed. I just turned 30 last year, and for several months last year my husband had to help me get dressed. I really don't know what to do. I don't want to go back to this place, answer questions from my coworkers, pretend like nothing is wrong.

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