This is why there is a pressing need for managers to elevate their understanding of the subject, to improve the attrition rate of their company, if not on a humane level. There is a clear shift in generational awareness when it comes to mind matters at work.
An emphasis on the felt experience is labelled bad and counterproductive.”Īccording to a study, 50 per cent of millennials and 75 per cent of Gen Zs have at some point resigned (voluntarily or not) from their jobs for mental health reasons. In fact, people who are more naturally in tune with their emotions are often labelled as ‘emotional’, ‘crazy’, ‘erratic’. When it comes to the work culture in many companies, helmed by people in the generation whose knowledge of mental health is in the nascent stage, often there can be a gap in the understanding of the subject.ĭescribing how psychological expressions are often treated, author James Routledge wrote in his book, Mental Health at Work: “Our emotional state and felt experiences are not always welcomed and are not woven into our daily lives. The thing about psychological wellness is that boomers and Gen X didn’t have the exposure to the subject as we do today. Yes, what is helpful is that we don’t let our mental states affect our work, but sometimes it gets difficult for all of us.”
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We can’t simply bucket it in personal and not check out the professional box.
Sama, a social media executive, says: “Our mental state cannot be segregated into compartments, it’s part of our core, as humans. But as humans, is our mental wellbeing a personal thing or is it an omnipresent part of our lives? And the moment you start discussing how a certain stressful event in your life has been triggering your anxiety, you are sharing your “personal” problem. They say, you have to have a strict divide between your personal and professional life. Be it Deepika Padukone and Shaheen Bhatt opening up about battling depression, or Ileana D’cruz talking about having Body Dysmorphic Disorder-several celebrities normalised psychological vulnerability.īut when it comes to our professional lives, how smart is it to talk about our mental health?įirst of all, is mental health a personal problem? Having said that, it is only in the 2010s that conversations around this subject picked up. What is the most important thing to remember here? You should be able to access the tools you need to refuel and heal.
There may also come a phase where your mental health is functioning on battery-saving mode. Some days you may feel at your optimum best, on others you may be making do with a 50 percent charge. For mental well-being to be taken seriously, why then does it have to be a diagnosed condition?Ĭonsider your psychological wellbeing like the charge on your phone. It doesn’t have to be a life-altering illness to be considered reason enough for a leave, unless you are working for the devil itself of course. What is mental health? Is it something you should pay attention to only when it crashes? When you are under the weather, you are allowed to take a day off.
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