I am a staunch advocate for mental health having grown up with family and friends severely impacted. My own mental health had always been manageable and something I owned quietly.
Then in an HR seasonal push for employee engagement, servant leadership, and reduction of veteran suicide to zero I decided to live the mantra “it starts with me”.
Instead of looking for a new job I decided to seek reasonable accommodations for my own depression. I didn’t have a clue what I would face, the powerful and disabling levels of stigma and discrimination.
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