New York (AP) -The first Panic attack I attended the company’s overall meeting just before the scheduled presentation. Carolina Lasso talked a lot about the performance of the marketing team. When her name was called this time, she could not say.
Lasso said, “I felt a knot on my neck. It took only a few seconds, but it was too profound and the earth was shattered by me. “
Lasso was having trouble after divorce after cross -country moving. Her boss suggested a mental health vacation, and there was a possibility that he did not know. She was worried about taking vacation Her team watched her or influenced the future promotion, but she was in the end.
Lasso at the age of 43 said, “Thank you for the opportunity to take time to heal.” Many people feel guilty when they are on vacation when they are related to mental health. … I have more weight on my shoulders as if it’s our fault. “
Despite the fear of repercussion, more adults retreat from work Emotional burden Or psychological conditions that interfere with their lives are the necessary choices that more and more employers recognize.
COMPSYCH Corp., an employee mental health program and absentee management service provider, recommends business customers to have a process for those who need absent, encouraging individuals to prioritize workers’ welfare before reaching rest points.
Jennifer Birdsall, chief clinical director of Compysch, said, “Since Covid-19 Pandemic began, we are in this constant confusion.
melancholia,,, unrest Excessive coordination disorders related to stress have been diagnosed by employees who have taken mental health leaves among customers of Chicago -based technology companies who manage leaves and benefits for large -scale employers for the past two years.
Mental health vacation can last for weeks or months. In some cases, workers are approved to reduce schedule or spend a short time when necessary.
In most organizations with more than 50 employees, people can request leaves through family and medical leave. The federal law gives workers with serious health for a maximum of 12 weeks of paid or unpaid leaves in accordance with state and district laws.
Some employees require people to continue their salary while going out using a sick day or cumulative vacation date. For longer leaves, workers can access short -term disorders if they are provided by employers.
Lasso’s vacation lasted for six months and included treatment and India travel for further treatment. She returned to work, but after a year she decided to do a good job. She later started a business to train people to foster more human work culture.
Lasso said, “If you have time to work on treatment, drugs, and anything, you can actually unlock new possibilities if you have time to work on treatment, drugs, and anywhere.”
Social stigma for mental health problems prevents many people from being treated or requested for vacation. Newton Cheng, a director of Health and Performance at Google, wants to change this by sharing his struggle.
His first self -disclosure occurred when a senior manager invited employees at the meeting and shared his behavior. When it was his turn, Cheong began to cry.
As a father, he explained that he was struggling to meet his expectations for himself and did not know how to change his work.
Cheng recalled: “And two people, I actually expressed it clearly and didn’t say much. I couldn’t even think about it. But now they were there and I had to face them.”
Colleagues responded by relaying their struggle, but Cheng’s difficulties continued. Until February 2021, he could not escape the bed because he felt paralyzed by fear, he said. The therapist said he is showing symptoms of major depression and anxiety.
Cheng recalled: “I am having a lot of difficulties. I am quite deep. I don’t think I can continue to put a duct tape.
I hoped that his decision would be helpful to others, and he announced to 200 people at the meeting that he plans to go on a mental health vacation. Instead of derailing the meeting, as he was afraid, he inspired his honesty participants to open.
Cheong said, “It was like a fireworks show.” “They think, ‘Wow, I can’t believe he did it.’ Then they forgot me.
Last year, during the university balance and working as a full time, Rosalie Mae began to struggle to go out of bed and make an incomprehensible cry. But she felt that she had to keep it together in order not to burden her colleagues at the Utah University bookstore where MAE worked as an accounting clerk.
Then she found a suicide hotline. The 24 -year -old MAE said, “I knew that when I reached that point, I had to do more, especially when I urged my husband.
In her case, it brought a five -week working vacation to prioritize her health and welfare. She is the same for others in a similar position.
MAE said, “It is not necessarily necessary to take a mental health vacation, but it is important to take measures to take a rest, reorganize, and make a better feeling.
Cheng consider the strengths of professional relationships with work culture before brooching the theme of mental health leave with administrator. He recalls, “The most suitable thing I can do is to leave my health and welfare and my family.”
A person who doubted the reception without compassion simply said, “You have to go on medical leave. You need time to recover.”
There is also no legal or ethical requirement to everyone who works for everyone as a vacation.
Seth Turner, co -founder of AbsenceSfoft, a vacation and accommodation management solution provider, said, “Colleagues don’t have to know why.” They just come here and will disappear now. And I will come back. “
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