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So You Need a Mental Health Break From Work? I Did Too. Here’s How I Made It Possible.
A few years ago, I took a mental health leave from work. I used that time to piece my life back together and deal with the fact that I was broken in a million different places. I had just been promoted at work, and was excited about the new role I was starting — I had been waiting for an opening on a particular team for months, and jumped at the opportunity when a spot opened up. The day after I signed my new contract, there was an organizational change, and I suddenly found myself in a role I didn’t want, on a team where I didn’t know anyone, feeling lost and alone. As much as I tried to adjust to this confusing and unfair change, I felt myself drowning more as each day passed. It got to a point where I couldn’t get out of bed in the morning, and I dreaded being at work. I’d become a broken shell of myself, and my suicidal ideation was taking over.