the title sounds pathetic but it’s very true. I am a young college student and work in sales part time. ive had good progress and have been consistent with them for the past 8 months and have only called out when sick which has been twice.
recently i was sick. i had a high fever and chronic coughs and congestion which i has communicated with my workplace and my school. its also the end of the semester, so the amount of work was piling up and my work schedule had interfered with my study days. If I wasn’t at school I was working. So I took this sick time to take advantage of my workload ( 3 days off). I couldn’t muster the energy I was so tired. My professors didn’t offer and extension so slowly my work piled up.
At 5AM I felt better and hadn’t called out for work, giving the impresssion that I would show up.
I started to breakdown, overwhelmed with school work and feeling this impending doom that I would fail the semester. I mentally withdrew from everything. I started to pace, I couldn’t fall back asleep, I started to believe my life was falling apart. I turned off all of my devices. I was so nervous that I felt sick. I felt consumed by this shame. I didn’t leave my room for 2 days. I have missed calls and messages from my manager.
I know how irresponsible this is. Should I send a mass email to my management and hr? I also have contacted my doctor about this situation.
Is a recovery possible? In terms of work? Any advice on next steps?