Oh fuck, one of my coworkers apparently has something along the lines of depression...
I knew *something* was up with her since she always seems extremely tense and way too self-critical, but just learned from a family member of hers that it's way worse than what I had imagined.
She's doing an extraordinary job and constantly receives praise, and yet apparently thinks that she's totally incompetent or something??
Now I'll have to do an acrobatic juggle between trying to support her and trying to make sure that she doesn't feel condescended, because I think that's exactly the kind of thing that would worsen her mental state.
If anyone here happens to be a people expert, input welcome.
I knew *something* was up with her since she always seems extremely tense and way too self-critical, but just learned from a family member of hers that it's way worse than what I had imagined.
She's doing an extraordinary job and constantly receives praise, and yet apparently thinks that she's totally incompetent or something??
Now I'll have to do an acrobatic juggle between trying to support her and trying to make sure that she doesn't feel condescended, because I think that's exactly the kind of thing that would worsen her mental state.
If anyone here happens to be a people expert, input welcome.
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bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
@taylan tbh, you can't do anything. depression totally warps your brain. some examples (not all must present of course): everyone is better than you, everybody laughs about you behind your back, small failures are catastrophic, you have no friends, you are a burden to everyone (which you probably really are for your family, because depression does make you hard to handle without pissing you off).
really, the only one who can really help is herself. it took my wife to scream at me to get help, which i then did because i had a good day.
