Discussion & help on depression & mental health related issues

Yeah its been just building up I have been trying to just get on with it and hope I just feel better but its just getting harder, and it's not helped that we are short staffed. Today was the first time I rang and said I wasn't feeling like I could cope with coming in and I felt really bad about it because I don't like letting people down. I haven't been to the doctors or anything yet because I just wanted to see if I could just get through it.

If staff are going off sick due to the stress of their working conditions it should be setting alarm bells off higher up the chain,
 
If staff are going off sick due to the stress of their working conditions it should be setting alarm bells off higher up the chain,

Not rocket science is it? Spot a trend early; do an analysis for cause; and put in place remedial or at least mitigating measures. Yet, how many workplaces actually do it?!! Think too many people think there’s nothing they can do to reduce workplace stress if they can’t increase staff numbers or reduce workload. Reality is there’s plenty that can be done and you don’t necessarily have to throw lots of money at the problem. I’ve said it before in this thread: the key is well trained and empathic line management!
 
Not rocket science is it? Spot a trend early; do an analysis for cause; and put in place remedial or at least mitigating measures. Yet, how many workplaces actually do it?!! Think too many people think there’s nothing they can do to reduce workplace stress if they can’t increase staff numbers or reduce workload. Reality is there’s plenty that can be done and you don’t necessarily have to throw lots of money at the problem. I’ve said it before in this thread: the key is well trained and empathic line management!

I feel a lot of instances like this occur from a passivity with responsibility.
 

well im happy to say I had my first decent nights sleep in weeks, after changing from citalopram to Prozac...

ive not noticed any major changes , but I am feeling completely knackered today.. tiredness is a side effect or it could just be that im generally just abit tired from doing stuff the last few weeks..

in general im feeling alot better after being on this course of meds though..
 
I haven't been feeling too good recently, work has been tough with other people being off and its been getting on top of me more and more recently to the point I had to ring in this morning to say I wasn't feeling well enough to come in, I woke up feeling really anxious and in a bit of a state. I hate ringing in to work because I hate letting people down and especially whilst its been tough at work with others being off but just couldn't face going in today.
I'm on the other end of the spectrum - literally nothing to do at work most days, but still have the same feelings - can take me 90 mins to get dressed some mornings. It's so odd in a way. Boredom is literally getting to levels where there's an urge to self harm (honestly didn't know that could actually happen, did some research though before and apparently its a common phenomena) and I'm going home absolutely miserable.

Lucky in a way in that I'm allowed to reduce my hours, but coming into to literally do nothing is soul crushing. Completely feel for you and know work can be crap - the whole needing to work to live thing is crippling at times.
 
I'm on the other end of the spectrum - literally nothing to do at work most days, but still have the same feelings - can take me 90 mins to get dressed some mornings. It's so odd in a way. Boredom is literally getting to levels where there's an urge to self harm (honestly didn't know that could actually happen, did some research though before and apparently its a common phenomena) and I'm going home absolutely miserable.

Lucky in a way in that I'm allowed to reduce my hours, but coming into to literally do nothing is soul crushing. Completely feel for you and know work can be crap - the whole needing to work to live thing is crippling at times.

I used to work nights a lot mate and quite often I`d have nothing to do from around midnight until about 6am.

I found that the way around the crushing boredom was to be prepared for it and used to always have a decent book / box set / use the gym in work.

If I`d have done nothing I`d have gone mad, especially with it being in the middle of the night.
 
I used to work nights a lot mate and quite often I`d have nothing to do from around midnight until about 6am.

I found that the way around the crushing boredom was to be prepared for it and used to always have a decent book / box set / use the gym in work.

If I`d have done nothing I`d have gone mad, especially with it being in the middle of the night.
Yeah the amount of books I’ve gone through on my phone is ridiculous. The only problem is trying to read when everyone else is busy.
 

Can you not offer to take the slack off some of the others if they`re busy ?
Tried to - but it goes back to an earlier point you've made that everyone wants to be seen as busy, usual excuse is that as someone that's a specialist in what I do (on occasion!) I wouldn't get/understand what they do, which is essentially nonsense (incredibly one of their daughters can get the basics of sorting invoices when shes a few quid short..)
 
Tried to - but it goes back to an earlier point you've made that everyone wants to be seen as busy, usual excuse is that as someone that's a specialist in what I do (on occasion!) I wouldn't get/understand what they do, which is essentially nonsense (incredibly one of their daughters can get the basics of sorting invoices when shes a few quid short..)

It`s a mad situation if you`re being employed to do nothing !!!
 
It`s a mad situation if you`re being employed to do nothing !!!
It is. Essentially the job that I was hired to do is one that’s usually contracted out to outside agencies - after an initial rush there’s probably only a need for a few hours a week. The company I work for got their fingers burned by an agency though and now have me in place full time, but are happy that I’m essentially at beckon call.

Odd situation, but it’s an absolute mind killer. Hard to put any value on what I do as a person etc.
 
It is. Essentially the job that I was hired to do is one that’s usually contracted out to outside agencies - after an initial rush there’s probably only a need for a few hours a week. The company I work for got their fingers burned by an agency though and now have me in place full time, but are happy that I’m essentially at beckon call.

Odd situation, but it’s an absolute mind killer. Hard to put any value on what I do as a person etc.

Might be time to start looking for something else then, mate. I know it's not that simple with bills etc, but your mental well being needs to come first. Have you had a look to see if there's anything about?
 

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