Originally posted by northernladuk
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I have already posted a very, very wide view on the actual day itself.
I don't agree with some of it. A lot of mental health is very serious. Trust me I know. There are very serious professionals involved in my mental health at the moment not to mention the bus loads of people doing my physical health.
(If you want more details have a look at my website and posts for the past 3 months for an indication of just how bad it got - september is a good place to start)
There are different bands.
There are people absolutely milking it.
I know of a contractor who claimed a mental issue after a manager told him to "get his brain in gear". Agreed not the most tactful thing to do perhaps, but he threw a wobler and got HR involved the full 9 yards.
But, serious mental health is very serious and not just a con, it manifests itself in different ways. I think there are not enough pro's who can weed out those trying it on. Too many tryer's are stretching the services.
The other thing is if you look at some of the examples below, some of you IMHO only are discarding some possibly real cases as "tryers".
I don;t think anything can be described as normal.
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