Has your mental health affected your work and how?

It was only during the pandemic that I started to struggle with mental health issues. I almost lost a job because of it and had to take a month off simply because I was unable to physically get out of bed, let alone work. In the next job however, it was easier to bring myself to work because it was a job that I enjoyed doing. I still struggled with it but now instead of punishing myself for not being productive (which only made things worse), I started rewarding myself for whenever I got work done (regardless of how little it was) and it has improved my mental health and productivity drastically. Celebrating the smallest victories like getting out of bed, or having breakfast is how I got myself to this point today.

It was something I hadn't paid much attention to until recently. My mental health has affected my work. It is easier to be productive when you are working in an office environment when you are working with a team as it helps improve morale and human interaction helps you think better. Staying at home within a closed environment makes it harder to be productive and takes a toll on your mental health drastically. This is followed by self-doubt, questioning your abilities and skills, lack of energy inspite of having had good sleep. It might not always be possible to convey this to your team and the people you work with, which makes you feel like you aren't able to put in the bare minimum effort which in turn affects your mental health. To help cope with this I am learning to not be so hard on myself and give myself credit when I make small efforts and complete small tasks.

Whenever I feel a lack of control over my mental health, I try to over-compensate for it through my work, cleaning my room, planning ahead of all possibilities. I usually push myself too hard to not let it affect my work but it gets exhausting. I still struggle with it but now I take my weekends off and try to sit with my thoughts and impulses, do something that brings joy and not a tick to my to-do list.

Yes a lot. Much calmer mind for meetings and though decisions

I actually find that work affects my mental health and not the other way round. When I have a toxic work environment or too much pressure or work stress my mental health deteriorates. It definitely affects how I work when that Happens.

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Thanks so much for posing this question!

Everyday. Few know I have developed anxiety issues which have not subsided since a while now. It reduces efficiency of work drastically. How I'm coping? Learning to let go, meditation at times, but honestly the only thing that has improved my condition is anti anxiety pills. Not sure about the cause of it as yet, but I'm excited to see how it slowly subsides and I never have to experience it again! Its okay to take medication, no one should look down upon it :)

I think this is a particularly difficult question to answer in the sense that I don't have a frame of reference working without it. My mental health issues weren't borne out of COVID and isolation but more long-term and harder to treat stuff, and while I'm sure I'd be different without it it's also more or less unimaginable to not have the conditions. So it's somewhat like asking me about physical pain. I can tell you that I experience it, but to what degree and whether you understand it in the same way I do, I very much doubt, and don't have a way to find out. So to answer your question: yes it almost certainly affects my work, and I have no clue how.