Spare a thought for the turd burglar
Walking past a house one morning recently, a friend of mine was disturbed to hear retching coming from inside the dwelling. It was only then that she noticed the van parked kerbside, bearing the...
View ArticleThe good boss
Having been in employment situations before where my mental illness has been used against me, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned about how I might be treated in a new job in a strange land....
View ArticleI will do anything for a fiverr
I used to write radio jingles for a living. Yes, I know you’d stab me in both eyes with a blunt compass if I were in front of you right now, but let’s just say I was young, I didn’t know what I was...
View ArticleSecurity guard sacked over bipolar
How safe are you in your job if you’ve failed to disclose your mental illness to your employer? If you end up getting sacked for taking a sick day, you too could be the architect of your own misfortune.
View ArticleBullies are not like sandpaper, Chris Colfer
The worst part of Chris Colfer's attributed platitude about bullying and sandpaper is the assumption that bullying trauma is inherently a learning experience, that we should eventually be thankful to...
View ArticleTrading school for McDonald’s to escape the bullies
14-year-old James Hope first became aware that his bullying was getting out of his control when a pair of scissors and a compass came flying towards his head in the middle of class. The violence was...
View ArticleI left work in an ambulance, thanks to my boss
Pete started his career in IT at 22, at a company he loved, with a culture and colleagues that inspired. He left four years later in an ambulance. The incident was the horrific endgame in an escalating...
View ArticleI can’t get out of the room
Chronicle of a panic attack: "I’d been working in the room for around forty minutes when I suddenly realised I couldn’t get out." Continue reading »
View ArticleThat’s Mental #5: Tuna Disaster / Introverts Exposed
This week, Chris attempts to one-up Phil's gym-fitness kick by eating healthily with disastrous results, five myths about introverts exposed, how to tell if your boss is really listening to you, and an...
View ArticleHow to deal with a co-worker that bullies because they have bipolar
People bully because they are unable to behave appropriately toward others. Their mental illness (if they indeed have one) is irrelevant. If they’re affecting you at work, take it up through the proper...
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