Fired for "lack of personality"

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Thanks Mummy_of_Peanut. I am eating, although weirdly (when I'm stressed I get cravings and I've been living on coffee and cheese). I have gone without food for weeks before but thought the better of it now! When I run into this thing I have the urge to punish myself for failing. I am recovering from a concussion at the moment so I might not be 100% coherent.
I am thinking about trying to get some kind of support in finding some part-time work I can actually do, although I'm not sure what's available. It's hard to try to take steps toward improving my life because I thought I was doing things right only to be attacked for reasons I can't understand. Now I doubt my ability to come to a reasonable conclusion and act on it in any area.
If anybody knows of/has found a good way to get around this sort of thing (NTs shutting you out because of "personality") please let me know...

If you have a formal diagnosis, I would have your Dr write a letter stating that fact and that to terminate your employment based on such is ground for discrimination of employment based on a medical disability. Contact a disability rights attorney. If you have generally good job performance reviews or have documentation such as email etc you are referring to in your initial post then you have grounds to sue the employer. however if you start with a letter from your doc and suggest your employment be reinstated. are you open to letting your co workers know of your diagnosis? if so you may do well to have someone from the SSA or Voc Rehab or Stated disability office etc. make a presentation at you workplace so co workers understand better..

In that situation I'd at least file for unemployment. I was let go for "a lot of little things" once. Very vague but I didn't question it because I was burned out on that job anyway. The manager didn't bother to comment regarding my unemployment so I didn't have trouble collecting it.

I'm not sure what you're trained in, but if you're not into much of a financial bind aside from the student loan maybe you could take time to find alternative incomes sources.

Anyway personality in the workplace can be screwy. For example what if a really dumb idea is being passed around in a meeting and the Manager likes it? Some other workers also like it while others are indifferent but express support for it just to get along. Then it comes down to a worker who's training makes them an expert at understanding how terrible the idea is and they say so?

In a few rare cases their comments would be sobering and people might reflect on the idea more. However, in many cases they would be frustrated by such a person and maybe even see them as not contributing to Make The Idea Work instead of being such a naysayer. Just my random thoughts on the matter to say a lot of people and manager are really freakin dumb. It's fine to be mad and frustrated with them but try not to take it out on yourself. If this is a life pattern you might turn to inner reflection wondering if it's your fault, however I think corporate culture could be just as much at fault for this.