One woman shares how feeling unvalued and unsupported at work left her with health problems - but she felt unable to leave
Work stress can be particularly overwhelming becuase of the sense it is out of your control When Michelle had a mini-stroke in her forties, she was shaken. She had no previous health issues and her brain scans showed nothing abnormal. Then came the biggest surprise: her doctors thought it was likely down to
As the company didn’t have a HR department it fell on Michelle to handle dismissals. “I was stressed and overwhelmed – it wasn’t ethically correct. We didn’t have the evidence for firing them, the director just didn’t want them in the business for certain reasons.”She kept doing what was asked of her, but her health suffered. She constantly had back issues, which seemed to stop on holidays or at home – mentally she was drained, and quite often felt.
Professor Ogden advises anyone in a position like Michelle’s to talk to friends, colleagues or a counsellor. “Try to change the job from within by changing role, asking for a new line manager, or getting new tasks. If this fails or can’t happen then change jobs. We spend an awful lot of time at work and life is too short to be miserable there.”
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