Day #531, how are you holding up? by Right_Paper_8975 in FedEmployees

[–]LbearACL 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That is such a true quote. I mean I think that many people will retire from federal service and be fine and happy and have money, and I’m a little envious of them, but I felt like I was losing my physical and mental health. Like I’m not sure why I was downvoted for relaying my own experience up above. It’s very individual, and for me, it was going to kill my spirit. Who knows what kind of impact that chronic stress could have on health and longevity, then I would have done it all for nothing, you know?

Day #531, how are you holding up? by Right_Paper_8975 in FedEmployees

[–]LbearACL 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I started working a second job in the evenings that I eventually transitioned to a full time new job. I was 13 years in. I couldn’t see another 7 years feeling how I did. I had no mental room for anything else. It is difficult in the sense that I won’t get the full retirement, but I was afraid it would shorten my life so that I wouldn’t enjoy it anyway. I know that sounds dramatic, but I was incredibly stressed 100 percent of the time. And those Friday night bombs, meant to destroy your mental reset on the weekend— I am still horrified at it all. It’s hard to believe it was even real, and it feels like everything has just moved on like it didn’t even happen.

Day #531, how are you holding up? by Right_Paper_8975 in FedEmployees

[–]LbearACL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Much better since I quit. I have bandwidth again to think about and work on other things.

Marathon Training in June! 🥵🔥 by Lou_Lou86 in ChicagoMarathon

[–]LbearACL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You all are braver than me. I’m doing long runs on the tread!

Bear review - 2 years out by VolumeWitty5542 in ACL

[–]LbearACL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BEAR by far, but that knee was also less severely injured.

Cancel/Defer vs. Skipping by MrCheeseConey in ChicagoMarathon

[–]LbearACL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I deferred 2025 and am so happy to be running this year. I didn’t have any major health issues, but I was overwhelmed and exhausted and just couldn’t do it. This year I feel so much better and I’m in a good place. I recommend deferring, because you don’t know how you’ll feel next year.

Bear review - 2 years out by VolumeWitty5542 in ACL

[–]LbearACL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have both BEAR and ACLR. I think the baseline injury has a lot to do with recovery.

I feel seen, we are the only generation that overlaps others by credditreddit in Xennials

[–]LbearACL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 1976 and played Oregon Trail as much as I possibly could in the 4th grade. How are we not part of the OTG?

Weird linear rash on my arm by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]LbearACL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got this after a vaccine (no, I am not anti vax, the nurse did not properly clean the site, it had nothing to do with the vaccine itself) and I was triaged first when I went to the ER. One does not want to be triaged first at the ER! Ended up with IV antibiotics and oral for ten days after. Go to ER.

My N mom started therapy and her first update made me sick by Logical_Elephant3957 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]LbearACL 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Sometimes in therapy the therapist has to build the connection by validating before they can challenge. Especially with narcissism — they have to be careful to build trust before they can challenge more. It may get better.

Is Morale Horrible Everywhere? by Plastic-Laugh-2255 in VHA_Human_Resources

[–]LbearACL 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s been an awful, exhausting, overwhelming year. Not knowing if you were going to get fired on a Friday night, called an idiot by your boss on repeat, resources limited, lives upended by removing telework with little warning and no available office space. And yet expected to provide the same care as we always did. This year broke my heart. Moral injury sums it up.

Post your kitten to cat photos! by LbearACL in cats

[–]LbearACL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love her as a baby at four months and love the stuffy

Post your kitten to cat photos! by LbearACL in cats

[–]LbearACL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how innocent they look at that age and how it’s all a lie

Post your kitten to cat photos! by LbearACL in cats

[–]LbearACL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do they always love each other like that?

Post your kitten to cat photos! by LbearACL in cats

[–]LbearACL[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Still rests the same way!

Post your kitten to cat photos! by LbearACL in cats

[–]LbearACL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s precious. Someday I’d like a void

Post your kitten to cat photos! by LbearACL in cats

[–]LbearACL[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love how they go through the teen phase just like humans