Parents get mad at me (22) when I call in sick to Work.

Ever since I started working a job, hotel housekeeping, a year and 5 months ago, I noticed I start getting sick realllyyy easily now. Even more than when I was in school. Getting colds more frequently, getting tummy aches more, something always seems to be wrong with my body.

Anyways, anytime I call into work sick my mom gets irritated and tells me I’m going to get fired or how my future employers won’t be so nice about sick days. And my dad threatens that’ll he’ll kick me out of the house.

Little background for the full picture. I developed a severe anxiety disorder 13 years ago after a field trip and throwing up. After that I would make up excuses not to go to school and go to the nurse A LOT tasking to go home. It was a problem.

But now I have a job and are an adult and I feel I’m nowhere NEAR as bad of taking sick days as I was in school. Heck, I went to work for a full week looking on the verge of death (my coworker’s words) with a sinus infection WHILE working overtime. My parents praised me for that and told me, “See, you persevered. Now you know you can do it again.”
I mostly take off if i have a stomach ache or last time (TMI) was barely able to walk because of a bad lower infection. (which my parents were also mad at me for).

I talked to my mom one time about this and she said, “well, it’s your work and you’re an adult, you make the decision.”

So, I made the decision to stay home today for an upset stomach that made me super slow at work yesterday. I told her this and she stormed out of the room without a word and slammed the door. And my dad is going to find out and I’m dreading a text from him.

My work is pretty relaxed about sick days. And even when I’m feeling terrible AT work; Verge of throwing up, horrible fatigue from colds, having a panic attack; I always stay and finish cleaning my rooms so my co-workers won’t have to stay longer.

I try my best to be a good worker, but sometimes I feel I just won’t be at my best to help for the company or myself. And I KNOW, “The company doesn’t care about you, it only cares about getting things done and they can replace you.” As my mom says.

Is this normal??