Someone I knew got visited by his boss
while he was still recovering at home.
He did not remember his boss because of shock treatments. The bossman just couldn’t get over it and even got a little angry.
Guess he hadn’t seen the commercial.
Some people never get it, or “get” it.
sad.
I remember seeing this ad on TV and thinking how wonderful it was to see it mentioned in such an open arena. Mental health in the workplace is such a tricky issue – whom do you tell and when and how – and if you are off sick and you don’t say why, how do you handle it on your return? Sometimes the reaction of colleagues can be the very worst part. I once went to see my boss after weeks of trying to pluck up the courage, because I knew there was a chance I was going to need some time off in the not too distant future. After sitting hmming and hahing I finally splurted out that I was bipolar and the first thing she said was “you’re not going to stab anyone, are you?” I think she meant it as a joke, and if it had been on some Chris Morris skit it might have been amusing. For me, it wasn’t. I’ve never “disclosed” to a boss since. Which means the next time I have to take time off I’ll have a whole load more anxiety piled on top of the illness.
People I work with know on a superficial level about my illness but I don’t think they know what it really means. None have seen me at my worst because I hide.
I also don’t have the chance to take time off as I work to assignments not for a salary; if I take time off, I simply get no money. So the time taken to try and deal with things before a meltdown occurs is simply not possible. I’m more and more aware that I am finding it harder and harder; a mega migraine at work a week or two back alerted me to how stressed it makes me, but so far the classroom meltdown hasn’t happened.
I also find people’s reactions very difficult to deal with. The count-your-blessings bunch really make me angry and those who react with incredulity puzzle me.
I do hope that you can at some stage be able to speak to a boss who understands so that this anxiety doesn’t add to your load.
Thanks for visiting, Dan.
I will keep “mobile meltdown” handy 🙂
thanks Viv
working on the same.
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Someone I knew got visited by his boss
while he was still recovering at home.
He did not remember his boss because of shock treatments. The bossman just couldn’t get over it and even got a little angry.
Guess he hadn’t seen the commercial.
Some people never get it, or “get” it.
sad.
I remember seeing this ad on TV and thinking how wonderful it was to see it mentioned in such an open arena. Mental health in the workplace is such a tricky issue – whom do you tell and when and how – and if you are off sick and you don’t say why, how do you handle it on your return? Sometimes the reaction of colleagues can be the very worst part. I once went to see my boss after weeks of trying to pluck up the courage, because I knew there was a chance I was going to need some time off in the not too distant future. After sitting hmming and hahing I finally splurted out that I was bipolar and the first thing she said was “you’re not going to stab anyone, are you?” I think she meant it as a joke, and if it had been on some Chris Morris skit it might have been amusing. For me, it wasn’t. I’ve never “disclosed” to a boss since. Which means the next time I have to take time off I’ll have a whole load more anxiety piled on top of the illness.
People I work with know on a superficial level about my illness but I don’t think they know what it really means. None have seen me at my worst because I hide.
I also don’t have the chance to take time off as I work to assignments not for a salary; if I take time off, I simply get no money. So the time taken to try and deal with things before a meltdown occurs is simply not possible. I’m more and more aware that I am finding it harder and harder; a mega migraine at work a week or two back alerted me to how stressed it makes me, but so far the classroom meltdown hasn’t happened.
I also find people’s reactions very difficult to deal with. The count-your-blessings bunch really make me angry and those who react with incredulity puzzle me.
I do hope that you can at some stage be able to speak to a boss who understands so that this anxiety doesn’t add to your load.
Thanks for visiting, Dan.