Hi! ^^
As many as you could see, I've been gone for quite a while and I've barely done any art, but hey, don't sweat, I'mma get back on doing art real soon...Just uh... I just wanted to let you all know something that happened at my new job some days ago:

I passed out. :3

And no, it wasn't like just a "oh, silly me didn't sleep well", hell nah.
For context: I've been on the night shift for like... a couple of weeks already, I work as one of the people who check the price tags on a supermarket. Sounds easy... right?

Well, turns out it's not as easy if your boss keeps putting you on the night shift... alone... with a SHIT TON of work to do. (And most of it wasn't even explained to me properly, so I had to fuck up many times to learn the process). Print reports, send e-mails, learn the code for each department on the supermarket, print the new price tags and sales, print reports of canceled offers and remove all the tags around all the supermarket...

And we're talking some "Walmart-sized" supermarket!
Last tuesday, around 1 am, I started to feel dizzy while removing expired price tags and I thought I was just a bit sleepy, but dang I was wrong... Next thing I know is that I'm falling to the floor and barely have some time to react and stop my fall so I don't get hit on the head.

"Maybe I need to take my break" I thought, so I tried to get upstairs to the office (which was really hard cuz my legs felt really weak), ate my lunch, drank lots of water and even tried to sleep for 20 minutes.

Did it help? Nope. In fact, I was feeling just worse.
I would've called sick if it wasnt because of many factors:

1. I didn't know who the boss of the night shift was, so I didn't know who to contact for that.
2. The doors are entirely sealed from 12 am to 5:30 am
3. I tried to contact my boss... but he was asleep.

I told some friends about all this mess and how it happened and they all told me the same thing:

"Congrats! you're now experiencing the physiological effects of stress induced anxiety attacks."

And honestly? It made sense for that to be the case.

This job has been just nothing but trouble for me, and it kinda shows how much of an annoyance has been with all the posts I've made the last month.

And yeah, the lack of sleep and stress of being on the night shift must've been the last straw that triggered that meltdown.

After some hours of being in pain (because I had chest pains, couldn't move bc I felt completely weak, it was hard to breathe and I was dizzy and nauseaous), a co-worker from other department saw me and called the night shift boss.

30 min. later, I was already out. I got home and all, but holy fuck I could barely move.
After a talk I had with mom, we decided that it would be better for me to just... either change jobs or just quit and get back into commissions, because that way I can get money without having a meltdown like that.

And I think that's about it!
I went to see a doctor and he said all my signs were normal. Oxygen levels, blood pressure... everything!
He prescribed me some meds to relax my body, told me to check this with my therapist and try to rest fo as much as I could.

And that's how I got here! ^^'
I'm feeling a bit better, dont worry, but I still feel pretty weak and I doubt I'll be able to work on that job again without feeling like shit...

but also because I've been absent for a couple of days already and they're probably gonna fire me XD

Anyway, that's all for now!
The lesson is:

If you feel like a job is draining your sanity, GET THE FUCK OUT!

...AND sleep well and take time to relax pls ;w;


(Also, don't sweat, I'll be working on the Donation Drive results as quickly as I can, thank you all so much for helping me reach out the goal!!! I really don't deserve you! ;w; )