Hi everyone,
I am going through a weird wave of depression/anxiety that is affecting my work. I’m supposed to interact with a lot of strangers as part of my job, and lately my hands start shaking really bad when I even think about doing it. My depression is slowing me down to the point where it’s taking twice as long to do some things. I’m also on the verge of tears a lot at work too, which is really embarrassing.
My question is, do I tell my boss what’s going on? She is very kind and has been open about her cancer diagnosis in the past, so I feel somewhat comfortable talking about my problems with her. My main reason for talking to her would be to see if my job expectations can be adjusted a bit so I’m not interacting with strangers as much and have more time to do other tasks.
My concern is that I made it a rule with myself to never talk about my mental health with employers because most of the time they’re really ignorant about mental health and could fire me for any perceived weakness (I worked in a “right to work” state before; not sure if my current state is the same). This job just seems different, idk.
What do you think?