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stressed

  • 25-08-2013 7:06pm
    #1
    lost iphone 5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    hi all

    i need your help please. i am finding myself very stressed out for the past few months. i have alot of personal issues and many things to sort out in my life. i am also in the process of moving apartment.
    i am in a job that is very hectic from the moment i start till the moment i finish. i am happy to have a job and would like to keep it but i am about to have a mental breakdown. i am so tired every day after work that i have no time to get anything done.. then i find the weekends just come and go and im back to work.
    my health is starting to deteriorate also. i feel if i had some time off to sort things out i would go back to work with a fresh mind instead of a cluttered one.

    is there any way i can ask for some time off? on what grounds would i be allowed time off? my contract was originally to end next week but they extended it. i would not like to quit the job as i would like to have it to go back to.


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  • #2
    2rkehij30qtza5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭2rkehij30qtza5


    Sorry to hear you are not feeling well.
    Could you start by maybe getting a few counselling sessions? Starting this week..
    All of the stressful issues in your life will pass..it's just a temporary thing of them all coming together at once right now. If you can realise that, then you will know that normality will resume in time. You just need to get organised and structured to see you through this blip.


  • #3
    lost iphone 5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭lost iphone 5


    Kenley Gorgeous Seaweed wrote: »
    Sorry to hear you are not feeling well.
    Could you start by maybe getting a few counselling sessions? Starting this week..
    All of the stressful issues in your life will pass..it's just a temporary thing of them all coming together at once right now. If you can realise that, then you will know that normality will resume in time. You just need to get organised and structured to see you through this blip.

    thanks for this. i am finding it hard to get organisation into my life as i am giving all my time and energy to work. i wish i could take time off, could i ask my employer for time off or would they just give me my few holiday days?


  • #4
    December2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,695 ✭✭✭December2012


    Stress is an illness. You need to deal with it.

    Going to a counsellor may be more accessible than seeing your GP first due to them having later opening hours.


  • #5
    2rkehij30qtza5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭2rkehij30qtza5


    Why don't you call in sick tomorrow and go to your GP to get a counselling session(s) set up.
    Work is probably only one element of stress in your life right now and if all other elements were running smoothly for you, then you may not be as stressed in work..as you would be better equipped to deal with the pressures of work.
    Why not write a list out of the major stressful things in your life right now...
    Put a date against them as to when that stress will end. A lot of it is mind over matter. Your new apartment for example..that stress of moving will end when you move in. Once you are in the door it won't be a stress anymore..look forward to having a new place to call your home. Be organised. Buy plastic boxes to pack your stuff. Label it properly etc. That will take the stress off.
    Lots of jobs are stressful and this is an ok thing. The problem arises when you can't 'unwind' after you leave the job.
    Maybe try going for a jog after work. Have mini-goals. Say, finish work 5pm. Jog 5.30-6.30pm. Dinner 7pm. Tv 8-10pm. Just have obtainable small goals for now and tick each 'stress' off the list as the date approaches. The stress, in your head, HAS to end on that date. The job may always be a 'stress' but you should be better able to deal with it once you can see it and treat it for what it is. I'd still take tomorrow in off to go get counselling sessions set up and chat to the GP.


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