Workplaces quit quietly ignoring mental illness
‘At first, it seemed as if little things were going wrong. Bonnie Harris forgot about sales appointments; she couldn’t recall colleagues’ names. But as her job in sales became more stressful, Harris developed intense mood swings and moments of terror. She saw psychiatrists, who prescribed various medications, but the drugs only made things worse, she says.
At one point, she tried to throw herself out of a window.
It wasn’t until Harris, an earlier victim of violent crime, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that she began to recover with the help of therapy and meditation. But through her entire 1991 episode, she kept working, trying to camouflage what was going on.
“I went to work every day. I was a top salesperson, working 60-hour weeks,” says Harris, 44. “Co-workers knew I was moody, but no one knew how bad it was. You don’t tell people at work that you have this mental illness. It’s so shameful.”‘
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