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° " Work Is Exhusting... But We Have To Keep Going " ° #Thought 's

° " So I Made Overtime For The 1st Time... I Got Sent Home Early Lolz... Yay Me... My Schedule Has Completely Changed... I Work At 6A.M Off At 3P.M. And Apparently A Customer Made A Complaint Against Me... For Not Letting Them Have Carne Asada On A Diffrent Dish... ? Well TBH I Didn't Know That It Could Be Added With Everything Else On The Menu... Because Nobody Tell's Me Anything... " • Sincerely, ☆☆☆ S.K. ☆☆☆ #Work #Stress

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Share your experience with accessibility at work or school.

What was your initial gut reaction to this graphic when it popped up in your feed? Surprise? Anger? Apathy? Validation? A little bit of everything?

Here’s a question we ask ourselves a lot at The Mighty: How are disabled folks supposed to reach their full potential when their surroundings are inherently inaccessible — or even outright harmful — to them?

When we asked our community if their workplace or school is accessible for people who live with migraine, 49% of folks who responded to the poll said “No, if anything, it’s actively harmful,” and 36% chose “Meh, there’s room for improvement.” That’s 85% of responses to our poll! Only 5% said their workplace or school is fully accessible.

We’ve got a long way to go.

To learn more about the impact an accessible workplace or academic environment can have on a person’s life, listen to the most recent episode of Health and (un)Wellness: open.spotify.com/episode/57vyjqje5EAykfctZe86D5

#Migraine #Work #School #Accessibility #Disability #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RareDisease #MentalHealth #Fibromyalgia #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Anxiety #Depression

Migraine in the Workplace

Listen to this episode from Health and (un)Wellness on Spotify. In this week’s venting-sesh-turned-productive conversation, Kat and Skye are joined by headache specialist and executive committee member of the International Headache Society Global Patient Advocacy Coalition (IHS-GPAC), Olivia Begasse de Dhaem MD, FAHS. Together, they discuss why people with migraine struggle to succeed in the workplace (spoiler alert: it’s not them), how others can support them, and tips for requesting individualized accommodations. Oh, and in case you’re curious of the episode’s general vibes: People with migraine want to work, but often can’t due to inaccessible workplaces or lack of flexible career opportunities. Thanks for coming to our TED Talk! Head to The Mighty for a transcript of the episode and to read related stories: https://bit.ly/3YQFJzT
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Low, moderate, or high: Rate your confidence level when it comes to requesting health accommodations at work or school.

It can be intimidating to ask for help, especially when it comes to requesting accommodations for work or school. While there are laws and procedures in place that are supposed to help the process, it’s exhausting to jump through so many hoops while already dealing with a health condition. And, unfortunately, not all supervisors and educators are as understanding or helpful as they could and should be.

While not everyone is able to request accommodations — or they might have had a challenging time trying to request them in the past — several members of our migraine community shared the best work or school accommodation they’ve ever had for migraine.

We hope that these ideas help you advocate for yourself at school or in the workplace. You deserve to have your needs met and you are not a burden when you ask for help.

🍎 To hear what a headache specialist has to say about accommodating migraine in the workplace (spoiler alert: it’s good!), listen to the most recent episode of Health and (un)Wellness on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/57vyjqje5EAykfctZe86D5

#Migraine #Work #Disability #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #School #MentalHealth #RareDisease #Fibromyalgia #Anxiety #Depression

Migraine in the Workplace

Listen to this episode from Health and (un)Wellness on Spotify. In this week’s venting-sesh-turned-productive conversation, Kat and Skye are joined by headache specialist and executive committee member of the International Headache Society Global Patient Advocacy Coalition (IHS-GPAC), Olivia Begasse de Dhaem MD, FAHS. Together, they discuss why people with migraine struggle to succeed in the workplace (spoiler alert: it’s not them), how others can support them, and tips for requesting individualized accommodations. Oh, and in case you’re curious of the episode’s general vibes: People with migraine want to work, but often can’t due to inaccessible workplaces or lack of flexible career opportunities. Thanks for coming to our TED Talk! Head to The Mighty for a transcript of the episode and to read related stories: https://bit.ly/3YQFJzT
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True or False: My health impacts my ability to go to work or school.

79%. That’s how many Mighties have had to leave either a job, school, or both due to their health.

When we asked our community about their experience going to work or school with physical and mental illness, an additional 8.5% of folks who responded said they need to leave work or school but can’t due to financial reasons. 6% answered that they can’t attend either at all due to their health. Only 6.5% of respondents said they’ve never had to leave work or school due to their health.

When we say physical and mental health conditions affect every aspect of our lives, we mean it.

💖 Mighty staffers @xokat and @skyeg have both had to leave jobs and school due to their health. To hear their stories and the groundbreaking study headache specialist Olivia Begasse de Dhaem, M.D., F.A.H.S., conducted on migraine in the workplace, check out episode seven of Health and (un)Wellness on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/57vyjqje5EAykfctZe86D5

#Migraine #Work #School #Disability #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #MentalHealth #RareDisease

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What do you sacrifice in order to work?

⬆️ The quote above is my experience! ⬆️

Work is the topic of this week’s venting-sesh-turned-productive conversation on our Health & (un)Wellness podcast.

Kat and Skye are joined by headache specialist and executive committee member of the International Headache Society Global Patient Advocacy Coalition (IHS-GPAC), Olivia Begasse de Dhaem MD, FAHS. Together, they discuss why people with migraine struggle to succeed in the workplace (spoiler alert: it’s not them), how others can support them, and tips for requesting individualized accommodations. Oh, and in case you’re curious of the episode’s general vibes: People with migraine want to work, but often can’t due to inaccessible workplaces or lack of flexible career opportunities. Thanks for coming to our TED Talk!

🎧 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/57vyjqje5EAykfctZe86D5

🍎 Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/migraine-in-the-workplace/id1689263942

#DistractMe #CheckInWithMe #Spoonie #Work #MentalHealth #Anxiety #Depression #Migraine #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #mightywithmigraine #Fibromyalgia #Endometriosis #EhlersDanlosSyndrome

‎Health and (un)Wellness: Migraine in the Workplace on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Health and (un)Wellness, Ep Migraine in the Workplace - Aug 28, 2023
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Struggling #Work #freeze #fawn

I’m struggling at work bc I can’t complete certain assignments. It’s like I freeze when the time comes. I don’t think management understands.

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Not doing great today

TW: sh, disordered eating

I had a job interview yesterday which went quite well. It was my first job interview since quitting my job in May and it was for a position that fits well with my knowledge, skills, and experience.

Within an hour of the interview being over, I started rethinking everything I had said and fixating on some details. As the day went, I felt my mood significantly shift downward. It is hard for me to admit this because I feel a lot of shame, but I ordered pizza with full knowledge that it would make me feel worse (food sensitivities) and binged on it.

I kept tearing up and crying last night, and feeling like I'll never be able to handle a normal working life. I've also just started reopening some difficult things in therapy so that doesn't help.

Today, I've stayed in bed all day. My solution to not bingeing on leftover pizza from the moment I woke up was to just not eat anything. This also meant deliberately skipping my morning meds because it should be taken with food. As I started feeling terrible by 2pm, I ate some healthy food and took my afternoon meds.

I have my final depression therapy group session on Monday (week 8) and all I can think about is how I've failed. I was doing pretty well but this weekend is just so much regression and I am so ashamed and upset that I just want to wallow in it instead of using my strategies and coping skills.

I knew my reprieve of several months from the depths of depression wouldn't last, but why did a positive job interview experience lead to this?

I'm posting here because I need to resist the urge to isolate and hibernate.

#CheckInWithMe #letstalkdepression #Work #jobinterview #DisorderedEating #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #Trauma #Isolation

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¿ " So I Find It So Funny That Everytime I Deal With A Male Customer This Happen's " ? #wierd #funny

° " So The Other Day A Customer Who I Haven't Seen In Awhile Came Into The Restaurant... And We Talked For A Bit... And My Boss Noticed That My Favorite Customer Was Very Attractive.. So More Customer's Showed Up So I Couldn't Give Him His Order Personally. I Alway's Tend To Customer's That I See Regularly. I Litterly Call Them My Favorite Customer's.. Now This Guy Is Very Nice And Tall Very Goodlooking Etc... But What I Find Funny Is That My Boss. And My Other Female Co-worker's.. Would All Of The Sudden Want To Serve And Take My Customer's Thier Order's To Them.. Listen I Litterly Have Like 3 Regular Men That Specifically Vist To Our Restaurant To Come See Me And Ask For Me... Because They Like How I Treat Them With Kindness.. My Other Co-worker.. The Bully Litterly Doe's The Drive-Thru And She's Verbally And Rudly Abusive To Her Customer's All The Time... So Now I Do Drive-Thru And Front Of The House.. When Needed Lol. These Chick's Can't Put On A Charm Or Be Nice.. And Then They Wonder Why I'm The Popular One. That Customer's Perfer... " ° ~ S.K. #Work

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☆ " So I Finally Did Something Totally Diffrent"☆

° " I Was Put On Patio All Day And Cut Up Lard Most Of The Day... And This Is Going To Sound Wierd But.. I Found It Totally Relaxing And A Stress Breaker.. And The Whole Day Was Just Cleaning In And Out Side Patio.. And Very Little Cashiering.. I Also Find It Funny.. Whenever My Bosse's Boss Come's To Check The Store. I'm Alway's On Patio.. I Guess Other People's Cleaning Skill's Are Not Very Good.. HA!! HA!! But I Have A Great Day One More Day To Go And I'm Off On Sunday.. Oh And I'm Trying To Set Up An Interview With Macdonald's Next Lolz... " ° Sincerely, ▪︎ Skaoi Kvitravn ▪︎ #Work

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° " Why Is My Fault For The Miscommunication?? " ° #Work

• " So... Apparently I Was Scheduled To Work Today... But What I Understood When I Talked To My Boss Was.. That I Was Off Today ( Wednesday ) And Off Sunday... Now She's Telling Me That Off Actually Off On ( Thursday ) And Sun.. Like Communicate Correctly.. So I Got Into A Fight With Her This Morning... I Had Already At 6am Ordered My Grocerie's. So I Wasn't Going To Cancel That... Let's See I Sense That Someone Will Not Show Up Tomarrow Anyway's.. And I Will Get Called In.. I Even Asked Just To Switch The Day's.. And I Got A NO!... Whatever People Need To Be More Clearer About Thier Scheduling... She Can Be Mad All She Want's I Asked Her Twice If These Were The Correct Day's Because She Didn't Print Out The Schedule. Yet... " • #Annoyed ▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎ S.K. ▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎

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