Interfering with work

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Registered: 12-14-2005
Interfering with work
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Sat, 08-18-2007 - 10:22pm

Have you ever felt so sad and depressed that it's caused you to take a day off from work? I called in sick today because I could barely move from being broken hearted. I'd gone into work before when I felt this way and was late to work cuz I couldn't stop crying in the car before getting out. How do you deal with this? I know for some of you work takes your mind off the sadness, but for me, it doesn't cuz I'm a nurse and the guy was a nurse (not at the same hospital) and being around sick and dying patients is very emotionally taxing in the first place. I hate calling in sick for this though and just wondering how you all deal, especially those of you in highly stressful jobs, too.

Guilty and sad

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Registered: 02-05-2007
Sun, 08-19-2007 - 1:33am

Welcome to the board hngrys7392,


Sometimes you just need to take a 'mental health' day, nothing wrong with that.