Sensory Overload
Hi everyone! I work in a busy and noisy office and for the last few weeks I've worked 2 days and then been off sick for the rest of the week because my nervous system is completely shot. I can feel the cortisol running around my body to the point where it's exacerbated aches and pains as well and made my fatigue three times as bad. I don't get sick pay and I have spoken to work about this and had an occupational health review but I've been too ill to review it over the last 2 days so I will look at the weekend. I know that pregnancy is supposed to make sensory issues even worse than normal. I just wondered if anybody else had this problem and any ideas most welcome as my working environment - not the work itself - is causing a lot of stress on my system which is worrying me. They don't want people to work from home. I've got so much anxiety about even going in on Monday because of this and I've noticed I've even been getting overloaded in Tesco. I am neurodivergent as well . Thank you!
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In my risk assessment at work for both pregnancies. It was specified i needed a quiet space i could go to to take rest breaks as and when needed. Have you been offered this? I would also suggest earplugs, maybe normal earplugs if you just want to muffle all noise or something like loop ear plugs to reduce background noise?
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