Mental health days

[BEATDOWNS]

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You figured it out all by yourself!

 

[Bob Gray]

What's the difference between this and a sick day?

 

[Oregonmma]

What's the difference between this and a sick day?

One day you are sick, the other day you are on your period.

 

[chrisdiaz]

I think its ok to have "i dont want to go to fucking work" days but those are just called sick days. Those are usually from being really tired or hungover though, so you could argue I actually am unwell.

 

[MoparOrNoCar]

Back in my day we just called that not wanting to go into work that day.

 

[dittohead84]

Few friends of mine work for PayPal and they have been getting a few "wellness" days on top of their annual leave the last couple of years

 

[mb23100]

We have one female in my shop and she calls in for "mental health days" all the time and we don't even have them lol.

 

[Cole train]

You mean calling in sick once in a while?

Yeah sure why not, we are expendable in the end

 

[BEATDOWNS]

What's the difference between this and a sick day?

mental health how does it work?

lot's of 'be a man' mentality in here.
lol

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

Last time I use that as an excuse to not go to work, everyone laughed at me and called me a pussy. My boss told everyone that was the reason I called in and laughed too.

My work would probably do the same. And that my friends is one of the reasons the suicide rate for men is sky high

 

[fingercuffs]

I'd just fire your ass.

Read that as "fit in your ass".

 

[Sirwastealot]

Nothing wrong with it, especially nowadays.

I do really good work on my good days, so I feel no guilt taking time off when i need to de-stress or any other health reason.

Health comes first, always.

 

[Deleted member 449757]

I never heard of that term and don't understand what it means.

 

[Alphaboy]

Calling in for a mental health day. Even if that's not the reason you give but is the reason.

Yay or Nay?

Wtf?

You're asking guys on a karate forum if it's okay to take a day off to care for your mental health?

You guys really OD sometimes with the macho shit. If you need the day off take the day off. If you work and accrue the time, you earned the right to chill. Of course you're gonna get the "MH days are for pussies bro!" guys. (There seems to be a few here already).

I think everyone should take some days to just reset, not necessarily travel anywhere, just decompress, even if your job isn't particularly stressful... especially if it is though. A hard job with no days off leads to drinking problems or dreading waking up in the morning.

 

[WadeWatts]

I'm 36, worked since I was 16 and have had 1 sick day in my entire life. I am self employed now so there is no such thing as a sick day or mental health day for me. My wife works for the government so she already gets anything that smells like a holiday off but still takes "sick" days off all the time. If we have few drinks during the week and she doesn't feel 100% the next day, boom, not going to work. I am jealous of her ability to take them off but can't really blame her since she "earns" them in the employment policy.

 

[fingercuffs]

My last job were trying to force me into taking mental health days off after a particularly nasty car accident. I took 3 days and was able to do my job fine after, California's weird.

 

[William Huggins]

@Cole train have you been hiding your mental health days.....

 

[davidlemonparty]

Nothing wrong with them.
My company doesn't offer them and even then I probably wouldn't take them if they did, but I should sometimes.
Like all this stuff it starts at the fringe in the progressive Industries and companies and then gets normalised over time.
Modern professional settings are extremely taxing mentally. People do need a break.

 

[EndlessCritic]

If I don't work the pile of work just gets bigger.

 

[Merlotte's]

Men manage mental health with alcohol and violent outbursts. Mental health days are hangovers and calls to your boss from county jail.