Posted by Medusa on November 5, 2003, at 15:37:59
In reply to Who knows you're in therapy?, posted by Poet on November 5, 2003, at 10:23:24
Poet, talking to the whiner WON'T help. Unless s/he's got a heart, in which case s/he would have wondered what's up.
Your boss might be waiting for you to say something first.
How you say something really, really really affects the reception ... if you come with a plan - say, including getting transfered to a more interesting job, because that WILL diminish your depression for sure, and including specific goals you want to meet in order to get a good recommendation from your boss, and asking her what goals she would have - you'll be MUCH more positively received than if you go with the depression-as-explanation route.
I wouldn't use the depression to explain anything at all, and I wouldn't refer to the whiner.
Right now, I'm not on meds, and I don't plan to tell anyone (other than my doctor) when I go back on. I've just started a new round of systems therapy, and only stbx and two sisters know about this.
I discussed meds once with an acquaintance who was trying to get off venlafaxine and going through hell ... unfortunately, one of her friends was also there, and that woman is incredibly indiscrete and LOUD. I had to shush her once when I ran into her another time, and I'm probably going to ask the first woman how I can phrase my request for privacy to the second one. To some people, it's a topic like the weather, and to me, while it's nothing to be ashamed of, it's personal medical information.
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