Tough day today - "wagged" work

[Meowface]

Had a tough day today - woke up on the wrong side of the bed - didn't go for my walk which normally gets me going. Had to have some difficult conversations at work and had to drive between stores during the day. I felt really overwhelmed and took a longer lunch break to go home and just curled up on the couch in my dressing gown for 30 minutes. I got back to work but felt a bit guilty about longer break - or maybe it's better than having the whole afternoon off with a panic attack? It can be hard to meet our every day responsibilities when we're struggling.

[white knight]

Hi MF

With any mental illness, endurance is what we lack. Also consistancy of mood and waking up like the previous day.

Unfortunately there is no easy fix, the remedy is a long term one of multi approaches. Like these-ot

Lots of sleep. Nightly more than 8 hours

Deep breathing

Exercises, you do this

Medication

Removing toxic people from your life.

Muscle tensioning exercises helped me emensley

Therapy

Google

Topic: how I eliminated anxiety- beyondblue

Tony WK

[MarkJT]

Meowface, there is nothing wrong with taking some time away from work if you are not up to it mentally. There is no difference between feeling mentally and physically unwell.

I think you did the right thing by taking some time for you - you invested in your own health and you should never feel bad for doing that.

Mark.

[Bookgirl]

I spent the whole day in bed this week as well. Doesn't really help though does it? Feel weak about it all when i do it. I tell people at work that i have a migraine.

[Diamondback]

Hey I think we all have tough days and you should not feel guilty at all however I know the feeling I've wagged work been on my way and turned around and gone back home because I felt like I couldn't be there you should be proud of yourself for going and making the effort !!!!!

[MarkJT]

Bookgirl, Diamondback is spot on. If you were physically unable to work, would you feel weak about that?

There was an article in the paper a few mths back where a CEO basically gave the instruction that it is perfectly okay to take a mental health day. Got massive cudos for doing that.

I have a high work ethic and have never taken a day off in the pure "wagging" sense but have taken days off where i just could not go in due to my mental state and i have no issue doing that.

Your mental health is everything so please do not feel weak when you are looking after yourself. You are absolutely doing the right thing.

Mark.