If you can manage to continue with your contract and turn up it may help in the long term. I've been through a period of having panic, anxiety and depression but found it got worse if I started avoiding situations e.g contact with people. I think if I had WFH for too long i'd have ended up house bound along with bouts of cabin fever. When working on a technical problems the focus was a kind of relief because it distracted me from the issues so I ended up working harder
So yes it was pretty great. One of the worst parts is the general lack of empathy as people don't realise how bad it is unless they've experienced it themselves. Plus you may look fine on the outside etc
Apart from mental focus, exercise makes a huge difference (sleep and dopamine boost) plus avoid booze and caffeine.
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Originally posted by DaveMK View PostHi guys,
First-time poster, my girlfriend is contracted to a government department. She suffers from anxiety and occasional depression and has to take anti-dep meds daily.
These meds make her real tired at times and she occasionally sleeps through alarms and misses morning meetings.
I've said she should explain her medical situation to her bosses so they can understand her situation and not think she's just lazy or not bothered.
But because she's a contractor she's nervous that they'd just sack her and get someone else in.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Would love to get some thoughts on common practice and how well or otherwise businesses treat contractors with mental illness like this...
Thanks!
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostNope. I'm not even "Henry the mild mannered janitor".
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostNope. I'm not even "Henry the mild mannered janitor".
(Max called from the 1960s and wants his joke back)
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostWe wait for the next moronic incarnation with bated breath....
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostIndeed - but who am I...?
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