It's a lot easier to lie and call in "sick" than it is to call in to care for your mental health.

I feel a tremendous guilt to lie tomorrow to get out of work by calling in sick, when in reality, I need a day to take care of my mental health.

I tried google searching to find a way to call in for a mental health day, and there is no easy answer. Most articles say to just lie and say you're sick, you have a migraine, you threw up all night. No one had an answer to say, "you're burned out, you've been riding anxiety attacks all week, you're on the brink of a mental meltdown, your symptoms are causing you grief."

It's easier to say, "I feel sick physically" than it is to say, "My mental health is suffering."

What a messed up world we live in.