I got fired for erratic behavior some years back. The thing was, I was under grave duress during that time, and while I do have a diagnosed disorder, it hadn't (until then) been the sort of thing that would interfere with my job. But to compound things, I had a nasty, nasty stalker. He broke stuff that I had in storage, left weird things outside my apartment door, was always breaking into the building I lived in. I used to see him all of the time around my workplace. My landlord even relocated me to a new building because of him. They knew this at work, but it didn't stop them from firing me. See - the stress combined with my anxiety disorder caused me to lose lots of sleep at night, and that can make your behavior erratic and even psychotic.
I guess I can understand why they fired me, but it's funny - they were really sympathetic during the last two years that I was there. They even allowed me long-term disability while I recovered for a while. But when I came back, they just fired me.
It's funny, at the time I had anticipated it, and I remember walking out of the office where I was fired and headed home, laughing. I mean, they would be stuck with the creepy stalker hanging around the building where I used to work, and I moved in with my dad where he couldn't stalk me anymore. So they were left with the problem, and I guess eventually he tried to start a fire in one of the buildings or something. So I guess they're sorry now that they didn't recognize the problem was him, not me.
Only thing is, I did get disability but I haven't had much luck with work since. I do some odd jobs from home and am doing okay financially, so I lucked out. Right now I do various volunteer work and attend therapy groups and I'm hoping my therapist and case manager can help me get positive experiences to overcome the fact that I was fired. Plus I'm older and my skills are out of date so I don't know. My future is up in the air right now.
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