i've been struggling with depression for 5 years now. I was steadily working on it, finding Gavin's show definitely helped, but Ive been struggling at work for the past 3 years. I seemed to be coping just alright, I even started doing sports recently and so on, but today everything crumbled and havent been able to even step out of bed. I had a sort of mental breakdown I guess (for lack of a better word).
Quitting my job is not an option because where I live the unemployment rate is around 15%-20%, I am well-paid for this country's standards and I am the breadwinner of the household.
So yeah, I could use some advice from you guys.
I did, but besides meds she could only offer me 15 days of medical leave. I wish I could use that, but my bosses will want to know what is my illness and so on. They do not respect privacy and if I refuse to disclose why the doctor thought I needed to be on medical leave I will end up fired. It's not worth it, although I feel genuinely sick every labor day.