Posted by IsoM on December 15, 2002, at 2:39:45
In reply to CubbyBear, posted by bluedog on December 14, 2002, at 13:12:37
Bluedog, our society doesn't consider it 'socially acceptable' to tell others you've been suffering from depression, but it IS okay (& sometimes a badge of honour, so to speak) to say you suffered burn-out from work. Police, firemen, emergency ward & trauma doctors, nurses on long shifts, administrators, & such all suffer from burn-out.
Seeing that your job is high stress, why not tell people your doctor wanted you to take stress leave due to burn-out - that he considered you too valuable to completely burn yourself out? I don't know if burn-out is considered acceptable in Australia, but here, if one's had burn-out from work, most people will knowingly nod their heads in sympathy & agreement.
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