That is often how it feels; of the coils, whether of a spring, of wires, or copper, or even of a rattlesnake that coils; it is the bundling up, the tightening, of energy or anxiousness curling upon itself until the release becomes inevitable. Hardships and difficult times feel like that; like coils that keep circling upon itself until — like a spring that is compressed together and suddenly let go, the energy released is of an unfathomable force that cannot be mitigated.
Life is difficult and challenging as it is, without the outer world concomitantly crumbling around us. Whether of financial difficulties, of career problems, of medical conditions that intervene and interrupt — the coils of hardship come upon us without warning or predictability.
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who suffer from a medical condition such that the medical condition impacts one’s ability and capacity to perform the essential elements of one’s Federal or Postal job, the coils of hardships tend to wrap around tighter and tighter: From dealing with the medical condition itself, then with the unreasonable demands of the Federal Agency or the Postal Service; to the profound fatigue felt by the end of each week because of the conflict between the medical condition and the demands of the job, etc.
It may be time to consider filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS.
Consult with an OPM Attorney who specializes in Federal Disability Retirement Law and consider the options available. It may unfurl the coils of hardship and allow for the release of energies otherwise needing to be relieved.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Esquire
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