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Thanks Stephen.

I am a Marxist--of the Groucho tendency.
-- Anonymous, French slogan

2 is not equal to 3, not even for large values of 2.
-- Grabel's Law

Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250
-- Harper's Index, October 1989

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
-- Mark Twain

I can REALLY identify with Mark Twain's quote! I have a tendency to move straight to the " the worst case scenario " when my depression is bad, which I'm getting better at restraining...gradually...

((((((((((((((( TackingIntoTheWind ))))))))))))))))))

You are a 'warrior', you fight the hard battles. Don't give up.

Warmie

Thanks (((( Warmie ))))!
The " vote of confidence " and encouragement are very much appreciated, particularly this week.
To cut a long story short...( And that's not like me...! ) our office is being re-organised, along lines that have been tried before in other offices, not particularly successfully as far as I, and many of my co-workers are concerned. When this office-organisation system was originally introduced a few years ago, it was an extremely stressful and frustrating and bewildering time for me. So, this is bringing back a lot of the feelings of vulnerability, worthlessness and futility from that time.
My feeling is that they're trying to boost productivity at the expense of quality, taking an oversimplified, " one-size fits all " view of the work. On the basis that the faster people get the work off their desk the better. And, ( Please forgive me, if this makes me sound like a " boy scout "...), but this is sooo not what I'm good at!!!!
Still, apart from that things are going quite well for me at the moment. A friend and fellow geek at work is " spring-cleaning " at the moment, to give himself more space in his home. So, he's very kindly given me a considerable number of Doctor Who novels that he's finished with. It's given me a lot of books that I'm looking forward to reading, but also it was such a kind thought on his part, that it's made me feel that the world is a warmer place than it can sometimes seem.
Another of my co-workers has been very helpful about listening to me fret, even though I know that she has problems of her own.

(((((((((((((( TackingIntoTheWind ))))))))))))))))

See you are the Warrior!! You take challenges head on, no matter what, you don't give up.

Sounds like you know some very special people in your life, what a gift that is. Pleased for you.

Warmie