With as miserable you all sound I am surprised there's not more suicides or workplace violence.

I’ve been diagnosed with moderate depression and on prescription now. The only thing that keeps me from committing suicide is that 1) I keep telling myself this is just a job and I can find a better one 2) I have responsibilities toward my family.

@EY1 you always come first. Remember that. No job or career or coworker or boss should ever have such an impact on you as to worsen your mental health. This goes for everyone, you should surround yourself with people and an environment you feel really fosters who you are and supports you. Not to say you won't have challenges, but they should never be challenges that push you down a road to where your physical or mental health is at risk. Ever. Some people thrive in the high stress environment PA offers. Others do not. I'm one of those others and, while I do not have depression and anxiety, I have noticed lately I've been a generally negative person who complains a lot. I hate that about myself and I wasn't that way before my job started to suck this year. So I'm making a change and interviewing. If this job doesn't work for you, then you should find one that does.

Not something to joke about jerk.

A staff on one of my jobs committed suicide last year. I think it happens more than it's talked about at work.

I was curious what changed. Either you changed something or your perspective changed or you would have tried again. Please don't read read into things that aren't there and pass judgement. I don't know you and you don't know me or what either of us have been through or seen in life.

I'm not actually joking I am curious what the correlation is. Is it that it's not really that bad education, pay etc. I feel like there's something to be gained for understanding why if it could be applied elsewhere.

Keep fighting the good fight EY1. It truly is only a job.

Full disclosure so I sound like less of a jerk. I had a close friend recently go down that route. Many attributed it to his high stress job. I feel like this for many is a high stress job much more that others so I'm really just trying to make sense of it all.

That's a really good point too. In my 5 years at the firm I've never heard about it or been affected by it but it of course is out there and maybe a much bigger issue than we realize and should be talked about.

I think it's not necessarily the job. The person might be predisposed to commit a suicide and the work environment might be just a trigger. People getting into accounting tend to be type a people, perfectionists who demand a lot from themselves. So they might be more likely to see themselves as failures.

^ Agreed; the job can definitely be an added stressor and I could see how it could bring about mental disorders, but I feel like it would be difficult to blame suicide on a work environment when there are obviously other chemical imbalances and factors playing into it

@EY1 out of curiosity, if 1 of the 2 things keeping you from committing are that you can find a better job, why dont you? if this one's so harsh on you then why stay?

Already have another job lined up. I’m gonna be out of here in 1 month.

I'm pretty sure I never said it was easy. It's still nice when people do it. But whatever.

Def not fear of getting fired but fear of being a failure in my case

I don't know if it's intentional or not but why do many of the posts by those at PwC come off so insensitive?

I agree with the ugly affect and it should be done but as a whole these is not much shock value in my title. It's simply an observation. Noted. Disagree that that I would have learned that an associate assaulted a partner and that more that people would have been open about their own suicide attempts if I had simply comments on celebrity suicides. I don't actually think that is relevant to my situation and I'm sorry I didn't open with hey my friend just committed suicide anyone else try the same. I did t initially want to go down that route.

Last point taken and I'm sorry about your friend. I lost a family member to suicide. It's a terrible thing to be left with from someone you love.

And thanks for using "affect." I always struggle with that! :-p

In also a vet and there is of course initiatives there related to mental health. Maybe there should be more related initiatives in PA

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