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today i was very sleep deprived and i had an anxiety episode at work. that was the first time my coworkers saw me like that. they took me to a cafe, got me a pastry and kept chatting about random stuff while i calmed down. i felt vulnerable and ashamed for not keeping it together, but it was one of the nicest things anyone's ever done for me.

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  • 17
    Sounds like very good coworkers:)
  • 3
    Yes you're very lucky
    Anxiety is a killer in this line of work
  • 1
    And of course there is no unemployment clause for the boss is an asshole drug addict and the coworkers are wilfully malicious assholes
  • 9
    They got to witness the darksideofyay
  • 2
    @webketje slightly different than the dark side of ye
  • 4
    I once had a bit of a sleep deprivation fueled small scale nervous breakdown at work, and the next day my boss recommended i did lego, and then sacked me about a week after. LOL.
  • 3
    Enter a blood pact with them. These are some great colleagues.
  • 1
    Some hope in humanity restored. Glad it turned out this way for you. Take good care of yourself
  • 0
    That happens when the proportion of coffee in the body composition of a dev is too low.
  • 1
    There are very few good people left in the world... appreciate them when you find them
  • 1
    @electrineer i actively avoid coffee on days like this because it's happened more than once that a cup of coffee triggered an anxiety episode
  • 1
    @darksideofyay gotcha, that's why your profile says 50% coffee and not 100%
  • 2
    Something I learned from my ex: whenever anxiety strikes, go wash your hands in cold water. She did that to our mutual friend and it worked so well even he was shocked. It's called sensory grounding and apparently it's based on science.
  • 2
    @cprn i heard of holding an ice cube or putting one in the mouth
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