Has anyone taken time off work because of their mental health? Did it help? Feel like I am at a breaking point but worried if I do it once I’ll end up doing it for the rest of my career

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This is the issue with our American mentality. Taking a life break, once every 5 or 10 years, literally nothing wrong with that and would make you appreciate work even more! For now take a 3-4 week vacation end of Dec, or a 3 month Leave of absence (depending on how much of a breaking point you are at)

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Yes and Yes. There’s nothing wrong with taking off for mental health now or in the future. I know people who take LOA every few years.

yes take the time

If you have vacation days there’s no point in letting them go to waste. Plus in the future you’ll probably have better plans than this year, I wouldn’t worry about that

Yes, combined with therapy and medication. It helped a lot

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