Re: Suspension (was: Sort of new member)

[Guest guest]

> I guess the only thing I could say here is, if you do need to do this,

and

> it's helpful for you, can you try to do it so no one else sees it? Like,

> have bandages ready & wear long sleeves? But I'm not sure if that is

> possible if something stressful happens, say, where you work? Sorry if

I'm

> being stupid here.

I rarely cut myself. Partly because I consider self-cutting to be jejune,

and partly because it rarely, if ever, comes to that. At the time, I cut

myself away from other people, in the back-room, but I needed to do other

things and I was trying to stop the bleeding as well. As I said before, the

problem was the inescapable nature of work, at least in my mind. The idea

of saying, 'I cannot work tonight, I am having an autistic meltdown that

requires my isolation' crossed my mind, but I knew that I couldn't come back

to work without first obtaining a doctor's excuse. I probably could have

gotten one on Tuesday, considering it was Saturday Night when things were

happening, and that I was off on Monday and would be seeing a doctor on

Tuesday who could give me such an excuse. (Even without Asperger, my

diagnosis of Depression-NOS means I really ought to leave when the situation

demands leaving).

Keep in mind that there are no stupid questions, only ill-defined statements

which require clarification. This Yahoogroup is a safe place (or at least

ought to be), where we can ask pedantic questions until we can figure out

what's going on.