I want to start off by saying in how way am I a perfect human being. I tend to bite my tongue a lot and it gets to be a bit overwhelming. So I have been working at my company for over 10 years. I have moved up several times and have generally enjoyed it for what it has been. Of course with any job there comes growing pains. The last two years I have been working in a location that is under scrutiny from the higher ups frequently, due to the managers failure to execute direction. Essentially it seems like a personal matter between them. Due to my position I tend to get caught in the cross hairs. My boss tends to be horrible at sending out the directions given and the tasks deadlines until it’s too late. There’s typically a 48 hour turnaround to get the direction completed. In the spring I had the district team visiting while the district manager was out for company meetings. They proceeded to ridicule me throughout the workplace during a visit, yelling in front of other staff and visitors causing me to have a mental breakdown and then file to take a mental health break. When I told them this, I was told to turn in my keys. I proceeded to turn this in through the proper channels for an investigation. The last 6 months I have been experiencing some serious mental health drain and I have fainted at work twice for a separate health issue, requiring me to be taken out in an ambulance. I have been experience neurological damage. I am also expecting my first child and I feel that takes priority over work at the moment. The stress and pressure has caused a lot of conflict to where I tend to feel obligated to defend myself frequently. Now when it gets to the point of me speaking up, my boss likes to throw around that I need to have better executive presence. I had an instance where I was going through a cardiac issue and called my primary doctor, my resting heart rate wouldn’t drop below 102. My doctor urged me to leave and get treatment. I informed my manager and on my way out the door pulls me in to give me a disciplinary action, holding me up from leaving. I then proceeded to leave and at that point i was so frustrated and unwell that it required me to take a month plus off to get treatment. As we get closer to the due date, my s/o needs my support. He tends to not understand and doesn’t relate to people with empathy. He gets frustrated when people are sick and guilt trips then when they talk about missing work for a funeral. I tell him I am going to start the leave as she needs my help and then I file my leave. He proceeds to text me saying he needs me to come in and talk to him. I have not responded. I feel like it would be an attempt to fire me unlawfully and I can’t handle that kind of confrontation. With me filing my leave I am protected within company guidelines. Should I have responded and went in?