For unknown reasons, mental health and the work space used to exist separately in past times. In recent times on the other hand, merging these two has created many topics and tips of survival in the work world.
As a result, people have very much started cohabiting and existing with the fact that our mental health is very much needed in work spaces.
The stigma behind associating our mental health with our work spaces was so deep cutting that people would rather work to exhaustion than speak up about their wellbeing.
Fortunately, there is a significant reduction in the stigma behind relating mental health and work spaces and that has helped create very positive working spaces for individuals.
This, however does not completely eradicate the stigma and there exist without a doubt people who find it hard to speak up and as such, they suffer silently.
There are several factors that contribute to the increasing stigma in work places and they include: cultural norms, lack of education and inaccurate information surrounding mental health and opening up .
While applying to jobs, individuals have it in mind to always mention how much they would like their work spaces to be positive. And hiring managers and companies have also integrated this as a means of attracting well meaning individuals into their workforce.
In addition to always surrounding yourself with positive people, separating yourself from unnecessary negativity and that could include people you hold in high esteem, it is important for an Individual to know when let go of work that does not give them what they deserve. In this case, physical and mental well being.
What’s worse than being unhappy at work? Being unhappy out of work. A lot of people like to indicate that “it’s always better to separate work life from our personal lives” but how many people can actually do it. I for one can not. Can you?
