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Shouting at Sadie
Dear Sadie, First of all: apologies. That’s probably not even your name, and I’ve gotten off to a bad start with the proper apology by nicknaming you such as part of a cheap pun, in a desperate...
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My Big Fat Playstation Arse
Last week, we learned about David’s experience of losing a friend to a suicide, and how it forced him to reflect on his own childhood. This week, we continue his story. David learned the value of...
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6 ways your boss can make you ill
If you're experiencing that queasy feeling going to work in the mornings, maybe it's time to do a stress audit on your boss.
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Fire at will: is your job at risk?
In 1993, New Zealand turned a big corner in introducing the Human Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and disability (which includes HIV status and mental...
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Communication and trust: 6 questions you should ask yourself
Good communication is the key to everything in life, and in the workplace it can make the difference between a place you’re happy turning up to in the morning – and a toxic cesspit of depression and...
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Do you have to do that right now?
Thomas Jefferson once said – never put off till tomorrow what can be done today, thus launching centuries of stress-filled freakouts. I’ve just been reflecting on my workload for the past eighteen...
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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...
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The 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....
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I 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...
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Security 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.
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Bullies 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...
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Trading 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...
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I 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...
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I 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 »
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That’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...
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How 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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