Hey! Guess what I did today?!

I was a bit inspired by this site so today I thought, bugger it, I'm going to try and tell my boss, as he's been fantastic when I've been unwell (physically) lately.

So I did. And it went really well! I said, I am not a delicate little flower and I can and do cope. I do not want you to be different to me and I want you to expect my work to be good just as you always have done. And I will never take the piss. But I am telling you this because sometimes I find things hard and then I need you to trust me if I have to take some flexi time or whatever.

He was great. He said people in his family had suffered with depression and he whilst he respected my privacy and wouldn't bug me, to come to him if I needed anything and he would try and make sure from a work perspective I was as supported as possible.

So relieved.

that's fantastic EllieG, it must be quite a relief. it's a pity though that more employers weren't like this - my last couple have been vile and i've been called all sorts.

well done too, it must've taken an awful lot of courage.

Thanks! It felt good. Only thing is today my line manager (who is not so nice) says she wants to talk to me. We'll see how that goes....

Good for you EllieG......that's great!!!!! Good luck with your line manager. Let us know how it goes!

It went brilliantly! She was really nice about it. Said she wouldn't over-worry or keep asking but I should let her know if there was anything they could do.