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I've lost almost all all my jobs, due to not calling in when too depressed. I see now, I was supposed to call in.
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I've called in sick when depressed, though never cited the depression itself. I too call it a mental health day, but I do believe that it is a genuine reason to call in. When I am depressed, I am sick. I try to get up and go as working often helps improve my mood, but some days I just can't and that's okay too.
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Sometimes I KNOW I will probably either lose my job, or get on the boss's shitlist if I don't call in. I don't say why, I just fake being sick and say I have a sore throat or something. Not like it matters, the fact is, I'm not coming into work.. and believe me, you don't want me there. haha
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I've called in a lot over depression. It's how I function.
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Bluemountains: "Lack of sleep may have me calling in today."
Yup, done that. Memorably, working looong graveyard shifts with 1 1/2 hour drives on both ends (gone from house 4 pm till 7 am next day). Let the boss know that I could not work back to backs (wasn't supposed to do any, but those shifts were all the work there was). Anyhow, tried to be a trooper and agreed to it once. HahahahahahaHA! Ended up calling, saying neighbors had woken me up (true, and I flipped my **** on them ![]() I never did mention anything about hallucinating though. ![]() ![]() ![]() I really try not to call in because of depression. They go on in a bad way for far too long and that just wouldn't work. One day will be just as horrible as the next, so...I drag my sorry *** in. Useless, but there. Last edited by Anonymous45023; Feb 15, 2012 at 10:00 PM. |
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I called off work today because I was too depressed to go in. I didn't want to be around anyone. I knew that if I was there and quiet, people would ask questions. How do you tell people that you just want to cry and don't know why? I am afraid they would talk bad about me......so I just stayed home.
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My work/school performance is inconsistent due to Bipolar. I usually start a new job or school with intense motivation. I'll be the top student and best employee ever. Then crash. I've missed a lot of work and class because of Bipolar. Sometimes I'm too depressed to get out of bed or do any school work. I'll lose care about if I'm fired or fail. When manic I do too much with no set boundaries and almost always this is followed by a crash.
My crashes have caused me to suddenly quit jobs. I went from a 4.0 in school to dropping out ruining my GPA. A few years ago I was doing awesome at a new job then one day quit through text. I am still to this day ashamed of how I left my co-workers a burden. But now I'm treated and this problem is subsiding.
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I've missed tons if work bc of my bipolar, depression and eating disorder. I've gone out on FMLA family medically leave act. It gets so bad I can't function at. Act allows you up to 26 week of paid leave, although at a much less % than what u would typically earn nut it allows you time to get yourself back to where u feel ok enough to go back. Iv had to go out a couple times and it's greatly bennifeted me.
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I also call it a mental health day or a mental health holiday ... Strangely enough I haven't needed one recently, but the next time I do, I certainly won't hesitate to take it ...
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I have never called out of work, but I have been sent home before for behavior that hasn't been acceptable at work. Lost many jobs over it. But I never told my employers about my Bi-Polarism, because most of the jobs I do don't allow someone with a mental illness to do them. (Flight Attendant, Truck Driver, Airport personell etc)
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Here is something that struck me on this subject many times of many threads on this subject. Many people seem to have FMLA, vacation/sick days, paid or unpaid leave etc. available at their job. I've never had a job with ANY of these...luxuries (in 33 years of working). Really, they're accomodations to reality, but I am jealous, so "luxuries" it is, lol.
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Mostly it's depression, which... guess they find easier to ignore. When it's not? Frankly, they're probably scared of me. Either because I won't back down or because they don't know what to make of my behavior... what to do but step aside and think, "WTH?!" Or laugh, because I can get pretty damn funny. Or order me to take a break if on the edge of a flip-out. (Or I'll run in a storeroom or something.) It's better with meds, but still... it's really hard and many's the day I don't think I can do it anymore. |
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I used to work at a car dealership (was there for 5 years) and called out quite often, didn't show up for days at a time, quit 14 or 15 times (they always called me back and still do, they must be crazy), and would try (subconciously I think) to get thrown out by losing my cool all the time. I assume it was because I have a terrible temper and my obsessive thinking that makes it worse. I wish I had answers to help you out, but I can only say I understand what you're saying.
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