How do you hide mental illness at work?
Fellow techies with depression/anxiety/ocd/etc. How do you stay high functioning at work and not get noticed? I can only assume it's a bad idea to let people know considering the stigma and firing culture of the industry. Serious replies or gtfo. TC 230k
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I just have high functioning autism along with all the other disorders
Glad you are high functioning man
You take a leave of absence until you get healed. Friend of mine took a 4 month leave of absence from his company. He was at director level and had been having panic attacks at work and in the parking lot. Work related stress can cause that
Wait trolling or serious?
Isn’t that addictive? Also I heard you get desensitized pretty fast. Have you considered talking to a doc?
Therapy + meds + paying extra attention to things like sleeping, eating reasonably healthy foods, and being reasonably active. The last set doesn't cure mental illness as some people seem to think, but poor sleep habits, shitty foods, and being sedentary can exacerbate whatever problems are already occurring.
Be out in nature and learn to disconnect from your phone and all Media.. be active.. do yoga/weights or whatever physical activity you like.. this is not cure for everything but definitely a start in right direction
Put it all into PR comments and request changes
I don’t necessarily hide it but learn to keep it under control. Sometimes I will leave work after lunch or take a sick day to deal with my issues.
Ketamine treatments have done wonders for my depression. Initially you go through 6 or 8 sessions. Then I go 2 evenings a month. Been off meds over 6 months now and I'd say I'm maintaining much better than ssri or snri's. Only thing that sucks is insurance doesn't cover it and it's about $400 a session.
What about the culture? If you prove that you were fired because of your mental condition, which otherwise didn't affect the quality of your work, you're in for a serious windfall.
While what you’re saying is correct, it’s somewhat irrelevant - I think the OP is asking how others continue to contribute at a high level during periods of heightened depression/anxiety/OCD.
you don't. why do you think it's called an illness?