r/AmIOverreacting • u/MeanderingDragon • Mar 06 '26

💼work/career AIO about this text I got from HR?

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So to preface, I'm Type 1 diabetic, which means I have to take multiple daily insulin injections to live. I typically take 5-8 shots per day, and while it isn't fun, it is routine and necessary.

I was at work this morning and they had a small amount of food out for some sort of 'employee appreciation' which reminded me I hadn't had any insulin yet and my glucose levels were getting too high. I took a shot of insulin, got some breakfast, and went to my desk. A few minutes later, this text arrives.

I can understand that shots make some people uncomfortable. Trust me, I'm one of those people. But I have to take them anyway. Am I overreacting to think that if you don't want to see me talking a shot, you can turn your head? Should I have to go to the bathroom which only gets cleaned twice a week, and take my shots in secret like it's a drug addiction? Perhaps it is just me, but I feel that not everything in life that makes us a little uncomfortable is something that has to be pushed out of sight. Sometimes we would benefit more from understanding, acceptance, and perhaps acclimation.

Also for the record, while they say they "mentioned this several times", our HR manager scolded me once maybe two or three years ago publicly during lunch in our cafeteria. I ignored it that time, because friends sitting around me supported me after HR walked off.

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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 Mar 06 '26

No, most people do it on their abdomen.

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u/CerseiBluth Mar 06 '26

Ok whatever, I haven’t checked Gallop statistics on it. Maybe it’s more common to do it on the stomach. All of the diabetics I know do it on the fatty part of their arm or sometimes near their belly button but mostly the arm so as to avoid lifting your shirt in public.

The point I was getting at was the stereotype of having to drop trou and stick it in your asscheek is outdated and no one I know personally does it that way anymore. It shouldn’t have the stigma of being “icky” because it’s injected into a “private area”.