Got forced into working another double shift. 17hrs is a long time to be at work for me. Its been a while since this has happened but it still sucked! It takes so much out of me, physically and emotionally. Work these days is stressful and fills me with a lot of anxiety. I'm exhausted. If I went to bed right now I would get about 4 to 5hrs of sleep. I can never just come home from work and go directly to sleep, I just can't do it. I'm guessing I will probably end up getting about 3hrs of sleep if I'm lucky. This really sucks. Sometimes I wish I could just quit my job but its not that easy. Sometimes I wish I didn't feel like a winy little bitch but certain things in life are just really hard to deal with these days.
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17 hours of work is awful, no matter what your job is. And needing to unwind after work is completely reasonable and normal, although I hear your frustration about it taking away from your sleep time. Hang on there!! ((Hugs))
SEVENTEEN HOURS??? Can they even do that? I thought that was illegal. I\'ll echo Sadie about decompressing after work. My hubby works a 5 minute walk away so he has NO decompression time. so, when he comes home, he\'ll go out into the backyard (regardless the weather) and sit and just BE as he winds down from the day. If I try to interrupt his \"session\", I really mess up his mood.
As for getting no sleep, I with ya there. It\'s not good for us. We need at least 8 hours to keep going. I\'ve been running on 4 hour a night for 4 days in a row and then I crash and burn. Not worth it - and nothing I\'m taking is helping me sleep.
I can\'t imagine carrying a job. Good for you and a pat on your back for doing it! That\'s a huge accomplishment!!!! And if for some reason, for your health perhaps, you might need to change that, so be it. It\'s your life, right??
Hugs xoxo
wow 17 hours is way too much.... I\'m with Kat.... is that even legal? I hate it for you when you have to do these double shifts.... takes so much out of you... like it would do anyone
sorry you can\'t come home and crash straight away.... having our sleep messed up too is a nightmare on it\'s own.... I hope that is something that can be remedied in time
take care of yourself as much as you can Pagan...... I hope you manage to get some chill out time soon
(((hugs))) xx
Pagan, it doesn\'t seem right that they can even do that! Take care of yourself and say NO when you need to. No matter how much work there is to do. We have our limitations and need to be firm with them!
(((((hugs)))))) my friend