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Career Chat // Returning to work // Fri. 2 June, 12pm AEST

Career Chat // Returning to work // Fri. 2 June, 12pm AEST

Are you contemplating the idea of going back to work after experiencing mental health issues? Have you recently returned back to work after experiencing mental health issues? Have you found it difficult or a relatively easy process?

In this session we are gong to talk about the fears and questions that can arise. Often a person’s self-esteem and confidence have been affected, and they feel incompetent to do their old job, or worse they are now considered by others incompetent to do the work. There is a worry about how to cope and may be faced with questions such as:

  • Will the workload be too much?
  • Will they be discriminated against or will colleagues gossip?
  • Will things be too much and trigger a relapse, or worsen their condition?

These questions and issues are just the tip of the iceberg for people contemplating the idea of going back to work after experiencing mental health issues.

Two things you can do now

1) Hit the 'Like' button below to get a notification on the day

2) Can't make the session? Leave your question below

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In response to: Career Chat // Returning to work // Fri. 2 June, 12pm AEST

Re: Career Chat // Returning to work // Fri. 2 June, 12pm AEST

I was suspended from work 16/2 due to the trauma of the job causing a dissociative polypharmacy life threatening event March 2016. After returning to work at the end of April I was doing really well. Still being exposed to trauma I was not trained for. Then a new Sgt started and I was subjected to bullying for her to pad her resume and move up. She rallied others and when I complained got suspended. They still wont let me go back to work. It is a union matter now. I am not the only worker this government department has damaged then discriminated against and discarded even afer 18+ years. I am in limbo....financially struggling and can't move forward. I also have bilateral nerve damage in both arms from work.<br>How do I even start returning to work?

In response to: Re: Career Chat // Returning to work // Fri. 2 June, 12pm AEST

Re: Career Chat // Returning to work // Fri. 2 June, 12pm AEST

Hello @Noideamum

Welcome to the forums and for sharing your difficulties, all of that sounds incredibly hard. A the discussion as finished with @OstaraAust I will be able to send them an email if they do not see your post.

You can also maye give them a callas they can asist you with supporting you to manage finding a way to go back to work, their details are:

Ostara Australia

1300 562 7335

http://www.ostara.org.au/

Lunar 🙂

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