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Work stress; Diazepam

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If your job is so bad it's causing you this amount of stress, you need to walk away from it.Tablets are no good, and can be addictive .
 

fyl2u said:
Anyone needed time off work with stress that was caused by your job/workplace/bosses?

Did you manage to go back to the same job afterwards or did you have to find somewhere else to work because going back would have been too stressful?

As of Wednesday I've been off with stress, but my doctor suspects that an illness I had a few weeks back that I had thought was a virus may actually have been stress too.

So, I've been prescribed a course of diazepam over the phone by the Urgent Care Doctor at my local surgery, and have a proper doctor's appointment in a week to see how I'm going, but right now pretty much my every waking thought is stressing about going back to my job, facing the same old shit that sent me this way in the first place but with the extra added stress of worrying about talking to them about having had time off with stress.

I'd quite like to hear about other people's experiences of being in similar situations if you don't mind sharing.

P.S. Diazepam's quite good isn't it?
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See if you can get some counselling through work.
 
fyl2u said:
Part of my problem is that I really enjoy the work itself - it's intellectually and creatively stimulating - it's just the bullshit that comes along with it, and being paid about a third of the wage I should be getting for it.
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You clearly aren't enjoying it though....

Fuck them off and save your brain.
 
fyl2u said:
Would you mind explaining what you mean by this?

"Thinking too much" is what got me into this situation in the first place. :lol:
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It's a technique using breathing and gentle concentration to relax the mind. Have found it very helpful to combat anxiety and stress.

Have a google and also look at this book which tells you all you need to know and includes the exercises.

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fyl2u said:
Part of my problem is that I really enjoy the work itself - it's intellectually and creatively stimulating - it's just the bullshit that comes along with it, and being paid about a third of the wage I should be getting for it.
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Its easy for me to say , i'm retired but clearly the financial recompense is not worth the stress the job carries, so i would be binning it. You go to work primarily to earn a crust not be stimulated and reading your OP y our missing out on both.
 
If you're not happy and being shafted then prob best move onto a different job tbh mate. Sounds like they're taking the piss and it's probably unlikely to change so you'll have to move on somewhere else. Might feel like a backwards step but in the long run you'll end up feeling better and getting paid an appropriate wage for what you do.
 
fyl2u said:
No, I'm a Website Content Manager / Brand Manager / Design Concept Creator / Marketing Manager / Social Media Manager / Intellectual Property Law advisor for a clothing printing company's 2 biggest selling websites, and sole Licensing Executive / Contract Law Executive in charge of finding clients, writing legal contracts, and examining and proposing alterations to legal contracts from other companies for our new merchandising sister-company, for which I just landed them a massive merchandising deal for a popular computer game after working on it with no help from anyone else for the last year.

£8 an hour I'm on, getting criticised for micro-nonsense regularly, and just got a verbal warning on Monday for a bit of ludicrously minor workplace banter with a close friend in another department.

I work 4 days a week, and it costs me £15 a day in taxis to get to and from work, so for the last 3 years I've been working my ass off for them and living in practical poverty while they're creaming in the cash from the work I do for them.

If I were to quit, they'd need to hire at least 3 people to replace me, and would probably have to pay each of them more than they pay me.

Basically, one of the two directors doesn't like the fact I don't kiss his ass like a mindless worshipper, and so I think he's got my direct supervisor out looking for any possible infraction they can whip me with to force me out of the company legally.
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Hand your notice in and go contracting!

Fuck then, £8 an hour is not worth that shit!
 
There's a good book by a man called Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now. If you can get your head around it it trains you to quieten down the little voice in your head that tells you to remember things which instantly fill you with dread. It's recognising the 'noise' but not listening to it and appreciating the moment a bit more.
 
fyl2u said:
No, I'm a Website Content Manager / Brand Manager / Design Concept Creator / Marketing Manager / Social Media Manager / Intellectual Property Law advisor for a clothing printing company's 2 biggest selling websites, and sole Licensing Executive / Contract Law Executive in charge of finding clients, writing legal contracts, and examining and proposing alterations to legal contracts from other companies for our new merchandising sister-company, for which I just landed them a massive merchandising deal for a popular computer game after working on it with no help from anyone else for the last year.

£8 an hour I'm on, getting criticised for micro-nonsense regularly, and just got a verbal warning on Monday for a bit of ludicrously minor workplace banter with a close friend in another department.

I work 4 days a week, and it costs me £15 a day in taxis to get to and from work, so for the last 3 years I've been working my ass off for them and living in practical poverty while they're creaming in the cash from the work I do for them.

If I were to quit, they'd need to hire at least 3 people to replace me, and would probably have to pay each of them more than they pay me.

Basically, one of the two directors doesn't like the fact I don't kiss his ass like a mindless worshipper, and so I think he's got my direct supervisor out looking for any possible infraction they can whip me with to force me out of the company legally.
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Sounds as though you would be far better off (financially & mentally) finding another company marra.

If you are competent at even some of what you've listed then that should not prove to be any problem at all!
 
fyl2u said:
No, I'm a Website Content Manager / Brand Manager / Design Concept Creator / Marketing Manager / Social Media Manager / Intellectual Property Law advisor for a clothing printing company's 2 biggest selling websites, and sole Licensing Executive / Contract Law Executive in charge of finding clients, writing legal contracts, and examining and proposing alterations to legal contracts from other companies for our new merchandising sister-company, for which I just landed them a massive merchandising deal for a popular computer game after working on it with no help from anyone else for the last year.

£8 an hour I'm on, getting criticised for micro-nonsense regularly, and just got a verbal warning on Monday for a bit of ludicrously minor workplace banter with a close friend in another department.

I work 4 days a week, and it costs me £15 a day in taxis to get to and from work, so for the last 3 years I've been working my ass off for them and living in practical poverty while they're creaming in the cash from the work I do for them.

If I were to quit, they'd need to hire at least 3 people to replace me, and would probably have to pay each of them more than they pay me.

Basically, one of the two directors doesn't like the fact I don't kiss his ass like a mindless worshipper, and so I think he's got my direct supervisor out looking for any possible infraction they can whip me with to force me out of the company legally.
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just quit. sounds shit. 2 month down the line in a new job youll wonder what the fuck you were doing there.
 
If you're getting paid when you're on the sick then I'd get as along off as possible and look for a new job while you've still got money coming in.
 
fyl2u said:
No, I'm a Website Content Manager / Brand Manager / Design Concept Creator / Marketing Manager / Social Media Manager / Intellectual Property Law advisor for a clothing printing company's 2 biggest selling websites, and sole Licensing Executive / Contract Law Executive in charge of finding clients, writing legal contracts, and examining and proposing alterations to legal contracts from other companies for our new merchandising sister-company, for which I just landed them a massive merchandising deal for a popular computer game after working on it with no help from anyone else for the last year.

£8 an hour I'm on, getting criticised for micro-nonsense regularly, and just got a verbal warning on Monday for a bit of ludicrously minor workplace banter with a close friend in another department.

I work 4 days a week, and it costs me £15 a day in taxis to get to and from work, so for the last 3 years I've been working my ass off for them and living in practical poverty while they're creaming in the cash from the work I do for them.

If I were to quit, they'd need to hire at least 3 people to replace me, and would probably have to pay each of them more than they pay me.

Basically, one of the two directors doesn't like the fact I don't kiss his ass like a mindless worshipper, and so I think he's got my direct supervisor out looking for any possible infraction they can whip me with to force me out of the company legally.
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Your last paragraph says it all and is one of the main reasons for sick. People who don't lick arse get penalised for it and ens up unhappy
 
maghater said:
If your job is so bad it's causing you this amount of stress, you need to walk away from it.Tablets are no good, and can be addictive .
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THIS

swap the tablets for exercise

wish I walked away when in a job (unix,sql, databases, tech support, fingers in too many pies) , I took to the drink (and became a alchy) when on sick from work I was getting called in to help them out. :eek: i was indispensable(and boss said it) double time over time, on call out , expected to lie to external audit, stabbed in back for all the overtime/ pay rises i got etc etc I could go on but it drives me MAD.

MONEY is not everything, your health IS
 
fyl2u said:
Anyone needed time off work with stress that was caused by your job/workplace/bosses?

Did you manage to go back to the same job afterwards or did you have to find somewhere else to work because going back would have been too stressful?

As of Wednesday I've been off with stress, but my doctor suspects that an illness I had a few weeks back that I had thought was a virus may actually have been stress too.

So, I've been prescribed a course of diazepam over the phone by the Urgent Care Doctor at my local surgery, and have a proper doctor's appointment in a week to see how I'm going, but right now pretty much my every waking thought is stressing about going back to my job, facing the same old shit that sent me this way in the first place but with the extra added stress of worrying about talking to them about having had time off with stress.

I'd quite like to hear about other people's experiences of being in similar situations if you don't mind sharing.

P.S. Diazepam's quite good isn't it?
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Download the Headspace app to try out mindfulness, look for a new job, knock the weed on the head.
 
sima-hebburn said:
THIS

swap the tablets for exercise

wish I walked away when in a job (unix,sql, databases, tech support, fingers in too many pies) , I took to the drink (and became a alchy) when on sick from work I was getting called in to help them out. :eek: i was indispensable(and boss said it) double time over time, on call out , expected to lie to external audit, stabbed in back for all the overtime/ pay rises i got etc etc I could go on but it drives me MAD.

MONEY is not everything, your health IS
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Nobody is indispensable
 
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