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Yesterday I called in sick, and while I wasn't feeling 100% (a sore throat and cold like symptoms had been on the edges of my mind all weekend), I certainly wasn't feeling physically bad enough to skip out on work. And yet...and yet...this is one of the first times I've taken what could be equated as a "mental health" day. I consider that to be worthy of a sick day, but it makes me sad that I'm not brave enough to just say that to my bosses...although I don't think anyone would admit to having a mental health day because the response is usually "Get your ass into work you pansy"
But it was truly what I needed. And it makes me sad that we as a society can't acknowledge that the occasional "Oh my god I can't deal with this job and life crap" is just as detrimental to work as say, the sniffles or the flu. I still don't feel like going today, but at the very least I'm well rested and more prepared to deal with the work crap than I was yesterday.
Here we go.
But it was truly what I needed. And it makes me sad that we as a society can't acknowledge that the occasional "Oh my god I can't deal with this job and life crap" is just as detrimental to work as say, the sniffles or the flu. I still don't feel like going today, but at the very least I'm well rested and more prepared to deal with the work crap than I was yesterday.
Here we go.