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> There is no reason for an employer or professional colleagues to be aware of an employees medical issues. Totally agree, but it can get a bit weird. I strugg
by standardly 1y ago
> There is no reason for an employer or professional colleagues to be aware of an employees medical issues.
Totally agree, but it can get a bit weird. I struggle with depression, and at times I have felt like I owed my co-workers/manager/boss an excuse as to why I "suck" sometimes. IE; I didn't show up late for the meeting because I am irresponsible, rather because I'm just in a bad spell this week and have brain fog. If I don't tell them, they may think the former. If I do tell them, who knows.
- alphazard 1y agoThe rationalization matters far more to you than it does to your coworkers or boss. I have no opinion on how you should frame it to yourself. However, I think it's genuinely good advice to say that professionally, people are just trying to build a mental model of how reliable you are. The reasoning doesn't really matter to them, and a psychological diagnosis is a predictive theory about how you will behave. Unfortunately, people will assume close to worst case for any condition you tell them about. The mental model you put in someone's head with a psychological diagnosis is always worse than how they currently perceive you.
- standardly 1y agoI believe you are spot on! Thanks for the insight. The rationalization helped alleviate my guilt, but it didn't realistically change anything at work. Might have made things worse, actually.