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Originally Posted by jaysay
Like Garinda I remember the day I was told I wouldn't work again, I too was devastated and for six months was very depressed, but then I decided to make out of life the best I could. In those days you attended a medical centre every 26 weeks, where you had a full medical. The second time I went it was the same doctor I saw on my first visit, he look at me and said, I've seen you before haven't I, I replied yes the last time I was her, is next statement was soul destroying, he said why are they wasting my time your time and their money keep sending you to see me, you are never going to get better you'll only get worse. That's when you realise life will never be the same again
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Both you and Gary were young when you were told that, so it must have been devastating.
I had turned 50, and had worked 35 years full time. I heaved a sigh of relief.
When you have spent a large chunk of your life identifying yourself by your occupation, it is like losing your identity.
People who are in work should realise
you are not your occupation so when you are asked 'what do you do?', don't say 'I am a xxxxxx'
...better to say 'I am a wage slave'
