Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:35 pm
My depression and anxiety are back with a vengeance. I work in the mental health field and thought that it would be easy for me to relate to the clients. I am finding it difficult to deal with their issues and mine too. I thought that workers in this field would be compassionate and genuine towards one another. It is not like that where I work, and I am afraid the share my struggles with them for fear of being ridiculed and laughed at. I have seen it with other employees. The work is not as rewarding as I had thought since many of my coworkers are usually trying to stay out of site. There is also physical labor to the job that is wearing me down. I expected the paperwork and working with individuals but not the physical labor. My anxiety is though the roof.