KarrieContributor
where to begin
I hope I have this right as the place where I can tell my story with all its warts and dramas. I am in the education field and on top of everything else in my life I am tired. I have been given a depression, anxiety and stress diagnosis and referred to a psychologist. When everyone at work started to question my mental health, I had just lost the fourth family member in just under two years. The last one in May this year was my sister who was fourteen months older than me. I have also lost a niece, a nephew-in-law, and my very last Aunty who passed away in February this year, but we were not told by her children until April.
I knew I was grieving and having lost so many people over the years I knew the stages of grief and I just thought my irritability and extreme emotions at work were just another stage. People at work were telling me to go to a doctor and get checked but I was in denial. I couldn't have mental health issues. How wrong could I be?????
Million-dollar question is now that I have stepped onboard this mental health journey, will I ever get off??????