Had a super rough depressive/anxious episode (7+ hours) last night. I have gotten jack nothing done today, despite having a full workload and a boss pinging me to follow up. Kinda want to just give up on trying to work today.

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Take the rest of the day off. It should always be priority over work.

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It’s 4pm on a Friday if a boss is still pinging you to get stuff done right now then F him/her ( guess have to throw in a they/ze/zem ) as well so I’m not offending anyone 🙄

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Me today…just wanted to quit with no other jobs lined up to keep my sanity…still working

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If this happens to you again, consider taking a sick day or a sick half-day to recover or formally reduce expectations for the day.

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