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by corbett3000
3211 days ago
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1. Go to a mental health professional and talk about what's going on. Do so for several months. 2. Get disability insurance and use it: www.disabilitysecrets.com/dnewsblog/2009/07/filing-for-disability-for-stress.html << typically pays about 2/3rds of salary up to a cap for X months. 3. During that mental health break do the following: a) remove all social media from your life. b) break your days into 4 hour chunks with buckets like this: Enjoy Nature, cultivate friend/family relationships, read, learn, introspective deep work. 4. Don't return to work until you're sure what you'll be doing day to day will enable you to be happy. 5. If you won't be happy change jobs or even your career entirely. Just because you can program doesn't mean you'll be happy doing it... |
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* Insurance may or may not cover it.
* Someone who has never been to a MH professional has no idea what to expect or what they need.
* MH professionals are generally not good at explaining where to start. Resources are few and far between.
* Most MH professionals are specialized in ways a novice doesn't understand.
* Most MH professionals don't have good websites or don't return phone calls.
* MH has a stigma, so a) you're unlikely to know if your friends see someone or b) be willing to ask for a referral.
* MH degrees and credentials are confusing: MSC, MMFT, MSW, MAPC, PhD, MD, LMHC/LCMHC/CMHC, RN, LPCC/LPC/LCPC, etc.
* Medication, if you want to explore that route, is a completely different discipline (psychiatry) and never the twain shall meet.
* Counseling is incredibly dependent on connecting with your MH professional. So if you manage to navigate the above and get an appointment, but don't feel like you can open up, you have to start all over.
Don't get me wrong: you should go to a MH professional and talk about what's going on. Keep pushing until you find someone you like.