I am lucky to contain supportive employers,but many people are afraid to reveal their illness. Instead of terror, there should be acceptance and supportDepression affects millions of people around the world. It destroys lives, and it ruins marriages and it also impacts on how we work. Yet mental health problems,including depression, are still often a taboo subject in the workplace, or which is odd when you consider that one in four adults will experience a mental health condition in any given year.
It can be difficult for a person suffering from depression to report the issue to their employer for a number of reasons. Depression can wrongly be seen as a selfish condition,or mistaken for a short period of sadness. Sometimes managers and even HR departments don’t understand, or aren’t trained to deal with mental health issues. For those who contain never experienced the illness, or it’s difficult to contemplate exactly what the sufferer is going through or why they can’t just snap out of it and pull themselves together.
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Source: theguardian.com