I Asked for Help. My Doctor Stepped in When They Wouldn't.

 The day after I filed my formal sexual harassment complaint - one they still haven't acknowledged - I had a health episode.

It wasn't minor.

I woke up physically and emotionally overwhelmed. The weight of being ignored, humiliated, and forced to remain professional while reporting something as degrading as being handed a dildo in a professional setting. It all caught up with me.

So I called in an FMLA day.

Because I had to. My body wasn't asking anymore - it was demanding a pause.

That's when I involved my doctor.

After everything I had already been through, it was clear this wasn't just a "bad day." This was my health, unraveling under a workplace that failed to protect its employees - and then pretended not to hear them when they spoke up.

I asked for help the right way.

I followed policy.

I reported. I escalated. I filed formally.

And I was met with silence.

So my doctor stepped in.

Not just for medical care - but to document the impact this toxic environment was having on my health. The stress was no longer emotional. It was physical. Tangible. Clinical.

They didn't respond to my complaint.

They didn't respond to my escalation.

And they sure didn't respond when my health was affected.

I wasn't just pushed out emotionally - I was breaking down physically while they stood by and did nothing.

When a company creates the harm, ignores the complaints, and then forces a medical professional to intervene just so their employee can be heard? That's not just negligence.

That's abuse.

And no matter how silent they stay, the evidence is no longer just in my words. It's in my medical record.

-- K