Hey, that sorta sounds like depression, m'dude. Like, feeling empty, no motivation, etc. Not going to armchair diagnose you over the internet, but like... if you can talk to a professional then you should. Hell, even if it isn't depression it sounds like something you might want to talk about with someone.

@bittersweet When I was in hospital (mostly for diabetic ketoacidocis, nothing virus-related) everyone when entered the room and I all had to wear masks. As someone who also has to wear glasses, it was SO HARD not to adjust the mask where it was touching my glasses. Maybe if I wore a mask all the time I'd get used to it, but just wearing it when I'm sick means I'll never be used to it enough to make it feel natural. As much as I tried, sometimes I'd adjust without even thinking.

@taylorswift Oh yeah, I don't want to leave it too late. I'm basically going to give it one more class of honest effort before bringing my concerns to the teacher.

@taylorswift I'll be honest, I was a bit of a mess for the first few classes, to the point where I was visibly distressed and had to leave. I had to stop seeing my councilor to attend these classes because of scheduling conflicts, so it was the first time in a while I had no support, emotionally, and I didn't take it well.

However, by the time of the class I was ranting about, I was mostly back to normal (if a little fragile). I can understand being surprised that I was contributing.

But most of the group refused to even look at my ideas. They dismissed an entire document of work because we 'don't need word counts' (on a presentation that is required to go for a certain time, so we kinda do need to meet a minimum word count). So all the info in that document was ignored.

The teacher seems to like me so I could go to him, but I think I should make an effort to resolve it within the group first, considering this is a 'communicating in IT' class.

@karma Augh, I WISH I could quit. Unfortunately, it's a group assessment for the class I'm in. Ironically enough, it's the 'communicating in an IT environment' class, too.

That's??? Assault??? Please at LEAST go to HR about this!

Because everything that look simple in the front end is simple backend, right? /s

@ElPapi42 So sorry to hear what happened, but it's good to focus on friends for a while. Take your time and make sure you process all your emotions before trying another relationship, okay? Honestly, it's alright to let yourself feel hurt as long as you don't let it consume you.

Sending virtual hugs.

At least you get to change it to a cool prank name right on The Big Joke Day Everyone Totally Loves and Doesn't Just Put Up With!