#some stories i've told here. the hackathon one with pneumonia and the working a whole shift w glass embedded in the bottom of my foot lmao | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

sybaritick · 4 days ago

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when i was ~18 I was having a flareup at work one time and because of the pain I was having trouble like, focusing on doing anything. so I drank a ton of espresso obtained on my 15-minute break at the Wawa a block away hoping that would caffeinate me into being able to focus, and then got heart palpitations and nausea to a degree that i had to go home sick anyway, so in a way it resolved the problem, by making me sick enough that I was not stuck at work. my ability to deal with "what if i'm having [chronic health problem] while i'm supposed to be working" has improved only slightly since then

#there are few problems that cannot be resolved by caffeine and cultivated detachment from physical sensation #some stories i've told here. the hackathon one with pneumonia and the working a whole shift w glass embedded in the bottom of my foot lmao #does this actually help me at all? no. it is objectively a bad quality to have. stopping and accepting you need medical help causes fewer #problems in the long run than forcing yourself through in a way that exacerbates the problem #unless there is an emergency to the degree that you MUST work sick or injured. just don't do it!!#however. this is easier said than done. i think i have gotten at least somewhat better w age and maturity. but it's hard. takes time.#cal txt #personal #medical cw

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