When my spouse and I first got sick with covid it was super unpleasant, but we were ok. We had both radically changed our lifestyles to give us as good of a chance as we could. I was especially high risk. When she did that and made it clear that her intention was to make sure I didn’t get unemployment, the stress level went to the max. I had already reported her for telling and treating us like she laid us off but telling the government we were furloughed. Something Schmidt never once stated to us. If they agreed that she laid us off, then she couldn’t say I refused a job, something I knew she wanted to do. But the government ruled with her. So even though I was careful about what I said and my stuff was still there so she couldn’t claim that I had intended to leave from the beginning, I was still convinced they would rule with her again even though it wasn’t true. That level of stress when both of us were sick with covid, caused the sickness to get that much worse and last another two weeks. It attacked my kidneys aggressively and had to seek medical attention. It was so painful, but as long as I was doing everything I could to take care of myself and my family I didn’t feel completely powerless. It wasn’t until we were better mostly, I got the news that they sided with Schmidt on being furloughed, and I was really facing the depth of this betrayal that I lost my shit. I felt like a child again being abused and no one cared or did anything about it. I couldn’t protect myself or my family again. We would go through even more financial hardship and there was…
