i cannot believe my application actually got accepted after all the dread. घर वाले समझते नहीं, बस इतना पता है कि loan ka kya hoga, but yaar, life just shifted and i feel like i can finally breathe.
आज ऑफिस में मुझे एक प्रजेंटेशन करना था और सबको लग रहा था कि मैं अच्छा करूँगा—लेकिन जैसे ही मैंने शुरू किया, एक झटका सा लगा कि सबकी नजरें मेरी तरफ हैं, और जैसे ही मैंने एक लाइन गलत कही, मुझे ऐसा लगा कि सब हंस रहे हैं, जबकि वो लोग तो अपने करियर में काफी आगे बढ़ चुके हैं—मुझे समझ नहीं आया कि मैं किस दिशा में जा रहा हूँ, बस एक खामोश सा डर था। सब लोग अपने लक्ष्य पर बढ़ रहे हैं और मैं अपनी छोटी सी दुनिय...
so i literally just got a letter from the VA denying my PTSD claim because they needed more DOCUMENTATION from a combat zone where we were dodging bullets and making sure we didn't get blown up instead of, you know, filling out paperwork, like who has time for that when you are in a literal life or death situation, so now i'm here cracking up because apparently surviving is not enough proof of my trauma, thanks so much bureaucratic nonsense for ruining my evening
so i literally just got a letter from the VA denying my PTSD claim because they needed more DOCUMENTATION from a combat zone where we were dodging bullets and making sure we didn't get blown up instead of, you know, filling out paperwork, like who has time for that when you are in a literal life or death situation, so now i'm here cracking up because apparently surviving is not enough proof of my trauma, thanks so much bureaucratic nonsense for ruining my evening
i was convinced i was going to lose my job after that meeting but my boss said i exceeded expectations and now i just keep thinking how can that even be true. felt like everything was crashing down and somehow this one call just flipped it all, like wow, maybe i really do know what i am doing.