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of my shift to be able to escape that horrible environment that was having such a detrimental effect on the overall quality of my life, on and off the job.

165. On 10th March 2018, my first day off, I slept through the whole night, day and next night, thirty-six hours in total. I was mentally entirely exhausted what caused me to be physically not able anymore to do anything. It felt like my whole life had collapsed and my body could not handle it anymore. This was the second time in the last two weeks that I had lost a full day due to my exhaustion and extreme need to sleep. My despair was so huge as still there was no news from HR about an action plan to improve the atmosphere at work and stop the bullying. It looked like my ordeal was getting even worse than it already had been and there was no way out of this situation. The department's management did not care about my problems, my line manager bullied me, the Camp Two colleagues bullied me and HR seemed to have forgotten about the case and did not take any action. All my personal efforts to try to bring some improvement were ignored and even used against me. It looked like my signs of weakness were used by the bullies to push on a bit harder still.

166. On 11th March 2018, my second day off, I was still exhausted but had somehow a clearer mind and decided that this could not go on any longer. As kind of a therapy for myself, I wrote my feelings in a text and when I read it after I finished, I decided to send it to Samira Mouhayar and Danielle Wood from HR as an ultimate cry for help. My email mentioned: "strong antagonistic feelings of my team leader against me" ... "mental torture" ... "mentally exhausted by the atmosphere on the job” ... “Every bit of energy was drained out of my body” ... “terrible influence on my private life” ... I asked Samira Mouhayar for a meeting the next day to sort out the present situation. I specifically asked about the possibility to be transferred to the English team and leave the Dutch/Flemish team, Noemie Levy from HR had already confirmed that this was possible and James Munden, the English team leader, had told me that he would be happy to have me as I was a good worker with an excellent knowledge of the job.

167. My email to Samira Mouhayar and Danielle Wood:

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