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I'm sick of helping everyone else!

Kool_kat

I'm a teacher. Just a class teacher, not SLT. At the moment I'm trying to support 2 colleagues going through a hard time. This morning I spent 20 minutes checking in on them. Then I had another colleague come and spend a good 10 minutes moaning at me about things the head teacher has done. Then someone came asking me to help fix their laptop, then someone else wanted me to cover their playground duty. Then the head turned up and asked me to sort another IT problem. 

Not one of those people asked how I am. Not one of them spotted I'd been crying (my eyes were really red so I thought it was obvious). 

I just feel like I'm done with the world. Even my own husband doesn't ever ask if im ok. 

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  • Kool_kat said:
    I just feel like I'm done with the world.

    No, no no!!!! This is just a very, very bad day - and shame on your colleagues for over-loading you. You have a right to moan about this!

    I'm sure many of us recognise this - being used as a tape-recorder and also as a punchbag. I think this is the 'lot' of autistic people; because we take so much time to respond, 'they' have ample time to 'fill in the gap' with moans, gripes, blames, sobs etc. I was in a shop years ago, and the female shop-keeper started relating her worries to me - a stranger and customer - and 20 minutes later I was still pinned like a butterfly to the wall unable to get out. It was like a wall of sound.

    Pick yourself up. This was a blip and you know you'll recover. Treat yourself to some flowers and a present. If hubbie doesn't respond, take yourself out for an expensive dinner with a friend.

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  • Kool_kat said:
    I just feel like I'm done with the world.

    No, no no!!!! This is just a very, very bad day - and shame on your colleagues for over-loading you. You have a right to moan about this!

    I'm sure many of us recognise this - being used as a tape-recorder and also as a punchbag. I think this is the 'lot' of autistic people; because we take so much time to respond, 'they' have ample time to 'fill in the gap' with moans, gripes, blames, sobs etc. I was in a shop years ago, and the female shop-keeper started relating her worries to me - a stranger and customer - and 20 minutes later I was still pinned like a butterfly to the wall unable to get out. It was like a wall of sound.

    Pick yourself up. This was a blip and you know you'll recover. Treat yourself to some flowers and a present. If hubbie doesn't respond, take yourself out for an expensive dinner with a friend.

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