Do IT contractors have mental health issues?

[HairyArsedBloke]

Sound like normal life in the late 20th / early 21st Century for anyone working in the private sector (and some in the public, maybe).

[Numpty]

Phew! At last!

For decades the medical profession has been studying the mind, its defects and how it works. And now, suddenly, three complaints can be diagnosed with just 20 questions.

The answer to half of which will be heavily influenced by us being within one credit card bill of Xmas.

This is just as miraculous and amazing as the personality profiling that gullible companies do to determine your entire life in just 12 questions.


What is the collective noun for bulltulip? Is it 'a stinking mound' or 'a fetid heap'?

[NotAllThere]

Pile of fetid stinking

[Paddy]

My work is driving me mad testing for a company that develops web cam performers software.

[threaded]

11: Do you ever want to share complete bull tulip with people you don't know?

I'm hurt so many of you deny knowing me.

[Mich the Tester]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle4759160.ece

A) MANIC EPISODES (Just been given rate rise and 12 month contract)

1. Have you been feeling very happy and excited and is this unrelated to events in your life?

2. Do you feel more important than usual, for example that you are in some way better than your colleagues or friends?

3. Are you having lots of new and exciting ideas that seem to come very quickly into your mind?

4. Are you feeling very full of energy and being much more active than usual?

5. Are you unable or unwilling to sleep?

6. Are you making plans that are unrealistic or grandiose, for example holidays you can’t afford?

7. Do you talk very quickly and do people find it hard to follow your thoughts while they seem clear to you?

8. Are you spending a lot more money than usual?

9. Do you find yourself being over familiar with other people, for example touching them more frequently or enquiring about and discussing personal matters?

10. Do you make unusual decisions on the spur of the moment, for example a sudden desire to visit somewhere or see somebody?

B) DEPRESSIVE EPISODES (benched)

1. Do you feel unhappy most of the time?

2. Are you finding it hard to cope with things that used to be manageable?

3. Have you lost interest and enjoyment in activities that you used to enjoy?

4. Are you finding it harder to make decisions?

5. Are you having trouble sleeping?

6. Have you experienced a loss of appetite or have you lost weight?

7. Are you feeling worn out and tired?

8. Do you lack self-confidence in areas that you used to feel competent in?

9. Have you been avoiding other people or friends?

10. Do you ever contemplate suicide as a way out of your problems?

Moo. wibble

[DimPrawn]

4. Are you finding it harder to make decisions?

Yes! I mean well, no, well sometimes, but not all the time.

Then again, yes, come to think of it, definately yes. Maybe.