你应该在工作场所透露精神疾病吗?
如果你患有精神疾病,你可能会怀疑自己是否应该这样做和你的潜在雇主或现任雇主谈谈你的病情.是很困难的。我们都希望别人认为我们有能力、有才华,尤其是在我们选择的职业里。我们不想被贴上标签,或者被定义为患有精神疾病。我们不想只是“一个有精神疾病的人”。
污名化与工作中精神疾病的披露
所以,让我们假设你正在精神健康恢复的路上,并且有能力工作。但我们都知道慢性精神疾病会复发——你的精神健康可能会复发。
我希望我能告诉你心理健康病耻感在工作场所是不存在的,如果你对你的精神疾病是真实的,它会被很好地接受。也许你会得到一些额外的假期,一个居高居高下的拍拍你的后背,或者一个该死的蛋糕祝贺你——并不是所有这些选择都特别令人满意。但我不能告诉你它将受人欢迎。这就是真正困难的地方。
你有两个选择(如果我们有更多的选择,请告诉我!):与你的雇主开诚布公地对话,或者把你的精神疾病留给自己.患有精神疾病的人个人这并不是我们每个人都会说的,但在工作场所,我们可能想破例(不披露精神疾病是否会使耻辱永久化?).
你有义务告诉你的雇主你的精神疾病吗?
不,我不这么认为,但这只是我的个人意见。我曾经做过一份工作,在工作中我缄口不言,当我陷入抑郁时,我说我有严重的偏头痛。现在情况不同了。我想我会开诚布公,但我肯定不会有这种感觉有义务。
我们每个人都有不同的精神疾病经历,在决定是否告知我们信任的雇主或同事时,应该考虑到这一点。如果你忍受快速循环双相情感障碍例如,如果你的情绪变化更频繁,那么说实话可能对你和你的雇主都最有利。
这是我们每个人都会在某个时候做出的选择,它应该基于我们的恢复。这是第一位的!
从照片今天不是我自己(企业心理健康网站值得一查)
APA的参考
Jeanne, N.(2012, 11月1日)你应该在工作场所透露精神疾病吗?, HealthyPlace。于2022年7月29日从//www.5wetown.com/blogs/recoveringfrommentalillness/2012/11/mental-illness-in-the-workplace获取
作者:Natalie Jeanne Champagne
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我还没有告诉老板我有精神疾病。我相信如果我那样做的话,我会丢掉工作的。虽然只是兼职工作,但仍然如此。我正在找另一份工作,我已经把我的精神疾病告诉了我的就业顾问。
在我目前的工作中,当我的情绪变得非常糟糕,以至于别人都注意到了的时候,我不得不解释。值得庆幸的是,人们都很支持。当我请假时,我不得不再次告知(病情更严重了)。我现在回来了,到目前为止,人们都没有把它当回事,我也没有。大多数时候,它真的无关紧要,所以我不谈论它。我认为患有精神疾病是一种耻辱,但更大的耻辱是不能做好自己的工作。如果你不能正常工作,不管是什么原因,他们都不会让你在那里呆太久。如果你能做好你的工作,人们对你的疾病就不会那么挑剔。
这是一篇很棒的文章,也是一个让人纠结的好问题。答案并不简单。各地的法律各不相同,但据我所知,没有人有义务披露,也没有雇主被允许问“你有残疾吗?”披露,以及披露到什么程度,是个人的选择,但只有让雇主知道是否有事情会干扰你的工作才公平。在大多数情况下,雇主应该为你提供便利,除非他们能证明你有不必要的困难。我建议你查看“住宿”和/或“人权守则”,了解你所在地区的确切细节。但无论如何,披露仍然是一个挑战和个人决定。我个人是一个诚实的人,但你必须为任何后果做好准备,明智地选择你的话语。
我很幸运,因为我在心理健康/成瘾领域工作。我发现,我向他们(主要是我的主管)透露了我的缺点,他们都非常接受我的缺点,支持我的整体健康状况,允许我在必要时休假。
我在心理健康领域工作,仍然很难抽出时间接受自己的治疗。我看到完整的FMLA文件为我提供了保护,尽管她建议我考虑这些问题……让他们知道我需要时间去看精神病医生是一回事,但把我的诊断结果交给他们是另一回事。最后我选择不提交论文。对我来说,我发现它有助于讨论在我的监督下,我自己的斗争可能会影响工作,反之亦然;但我不确定我是否希望它作为我的官方或非官方记录的一部分被随意弯曲。
嗨娜塔莉!我目前是一名失业的教师,有工作间隙。我真的不想告诉新雇主我有躁郁症。我可能会告诉他们,我有过几次抑郁症,现在很好。我觉得抑郁症比双相情感障碍更容易被接受。也许这不是看待问题的正确方式。最终,这要归结为告诉你什么是安全的,或者你愿意透露的。这总是一个个人的选择,但不是一个容易的选择。
这对我来说真的很重要,因为我可能很快就会尝试重返职场。我的障碍可能相当严重(广场恐怖症/社交焦虑)。老实说,我不知道我是否能保住这份工作,也不知道能维持多久,但我要养家糊口……所以我必须试试。你总可以选择领取残疾补助,但这是一条漫长而艰难的道路——充满了耻辱和怀疑。谁想一次又一次地证明自己有多疯狂,却不能保证你最终能养活你的家庭。就我个人而言,当我重新回到工作岗位时,我想我会把我的疾病藏在心里。