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I know where I work now HR is very good. I made the choice to disclose when I was interviewed as I know that my mental health apprehensions appear on my police info check (a whole other story.) Fortunately, I was able to spin my illness as an advantage, working in the mental health field. I did however make certain to mention that I was stable and understood appropriate privacy with clients. Before I was hired, I was even asked about whether I would need accommodations. Fortunately, for that job, all I needed was time for pdoc appointments. I know that I did not get another job because I was unable to work nights. I don't blame them for that though. They were looking for a specific role, although unstated in their job posting, and I wasn't able to fill it.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!
---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859.
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