It can be hard to take a sick day, whatever the reason -- there is a lot of pressure in our culture to be “on” all the time. What one woman living with treatment-resistant depression and clinical anxiety wants you to know about mental health days:
One of my worst depressive episodes happened in 2016. I was going through a huge amount of personal stress. I’d just left a 14-year relationship. I was thinking about how to survive financially and realizing I’d likely have to leave my beloved city of San Francisco behind. I was broke, sad, and scared. And that was before the depression really set in.
Looking back, staying home should have been an obvious decision. But in the moment, I was afraid – would I have to say why I was sick, or in what way? Would I have to defend myself? I just didn’t know. So I tried to keep working as if nothing were wrong, until suddenly I couldn’t: on a Tuesday afternoon, I left the office in tears after staring for hours at a pile of work that I couldn’t begin to manage. It was scary and embarrassing.
Learn about your company’s rules and policies. If you are short on sick days or need help understanding the protocol, you could talk with HR. If you are among the ~30% of workers in the U.S. who have no paid sick leave, this equation is even more complicated . You may be eligible for benefits under the Family Medical Leave Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act , so doing some investigating is worthwhile.
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