So i've been having anxiety attacks at work and told one of my managers, steve. He's not the head person i needed to tell, and i knew that. he then said, "ok i've heard it, but i won't be here for 2 days". the next day i wanted to tell the head manager, but was embarrassed and intimidated. i simply wrote in a note my request (not that i was having anxiety). The response was pretty flat and with no real change. Today when i went back in to work, that head manager had a totally different response, put me right where i needed to be and kept patting my shoulder and getting out half sentences like "I can't have you... " " you can't be...." continuing to pat my shoulder - and then changed the topic. In other words, this asst. manager steve who i had told, actually went to bat for me and must have made sure our head manager put me right where it would be best for me. he didn't have to, he went out of his way, and i didn't ask him to. it was awesome.
from my experiences, i do not often trust a lot of men. working with steve, and especially him supporting me right now has been a really good, positive experience for me with a guy.
I figured it was one to be shared =)
kiya