Comments on: How to deal with depression at work http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/08/how-to-deal-with-depression-at-work/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:30:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Amy http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/08/how-to-deal-with-depression-at-work/#comment-149785 Amy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:25:02 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/08/how-to-deal-with-depression-at-work/#comment-149785 Firgive me of my bad grammar and spelling errors. :-O :-> Firgive me of my bad grammar and spelling errors. :-O :->

]]> By: Amy http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/08/how-to-deal-with-depression-at-work/#comment-149784 Amy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:24:07 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/08/how-to-deal-with-depression-at-work/#comment-149784 "Rachael Chaump joined a public relations firm last year, and after a few months, she realized that she had a severe problem. She says, “I was crying at my desk every day for no reason. And finally I called my dad and told him I hate my life and I can’t go on like this.” Chaump ended up on temporary disability in a treatment program that included drug therapy to treat what was a chemical imbalance." I'm also on med leave too to get treatment thru an intensive program which involves daily therapy sessions and with almost immediate psychiatric care to quickly adjust my meds. Also I have the option to have weekly individual sessions. This intensive program aims to get you immediately emotionally, mentally healthy and to helps to pratice healthy thinking and behavior everyday. The one phrase I found helpful is the following: "Progression not PErfection". "Rachael Chaump joined a public relations firm last year, and after a few months, she realized that she had a severe problem. She says, “I was crying at my desk every day for no reason. And finally I called my dad and told him I hate my life and I can’t go on like this.” Chaump ended up on temporary disability in a treatment program that included drug therapy to treat what was a chemical imbalance."

I'm also on med leave too to get treatment thru an intensive program which involves daily therapy sessions and with almost immediate psychiatric care to quickly adjust my meds. Also I have the option to have weekly individual sessions. This intensive program aims to get you immediately emotionally, mentally healthy and to helps to pratice healthy thinking and behavior everyday. The one phrase I found helpful is the following: "Progression not PErfection".

]]> By: anona http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/08/how-to-deal-with-depression-at-work/#comment-136284 anona Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:58:22 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/08/how-to-deal-with-depression-at-work/#comment-136284 thank you penelope for discussing this difficult but important issue. mental illness is costing american companies substantial lost dollars every year, and no one wants to talk about it. it hits home for me - i did a lot of damange to my career trying to hide my depression instead of getting help. but my erractic behavior, job hopping, and avoidance when i thought that people had "found me out"(or when the prospect of getting out of bed just seemed to horrible to bear) wasn't fooling anyone. to anyone who thinks they might be clinically depressed, please seek help. it will only get worse if you don't, but it can get a whole lot better if you do. thank you penelope for discussing this difficult but important issue. mental illness is costing american companies substantial lost dollars every year, and no one wants to talk about it.

it hits home for me - i did a lot of damange to my career trying to hide my depression instead of getting help. but my erractic behavior, job hopping, and avoidance when i thought that people had "found me out"(or when the prospect of getting out of bed just seemed to horrible to bear) wasn't fooling anyone.

to anyone who thinks they might be clinically depressed, please seek help. it will only get worse if you don't, but it can get a whole lot better if you do.

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