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PPD, PTSD, and Anxiety Disorder

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The title of this post is more of a warning than an actual title.  During covid, I had an eye-opening conversation with a co-worker. I will be forever thankful to her. She was the only person in a building of over 100 employees, 15 of which I worked extremely closely with, to tell me the truth. What truth was that? "Why you always gotta be petty?"  She was right. I never planned to be petty. I thought I was pretty laid back compared to my close peers. I was wrong.  There have been many things over the years that have caused this unintentional mean girl behavior; some of which is completely on me and some of which I have ZERO control over.  To start: I have a general anxiety disorder. After years talking to a psychologist, we found out that I was born this way. He actually wants to test me for a couple of things. Mainly high functioning autism and ADHD. I'm pretty sure the autism test is more because I have a son who has a touch of the 'tism. To see him is to look at...