Two colleagues this morning who sit next to me discussing the traffic getting home last night. A road had been closed/delayed due to a woman sitting on a bridge, police and ambulances in attendance, due to a possible suicide attempt. They were obviously annoyed at the delay, but were saying (loudly and laughing) "oh I just wanted to shout, just get on with it" and "if you wanna kill yourself, fine, but don't get in other people's way" amongst other things. They were chatting and laughing for a while agreeing that if you want to kill yourself you shouldn't hold other people up and get in the way. Or that she didn't really mean it and was just attention seeking.
I have Bipolar disorder. They know this, as does everyone in office as I have some reasonable adjustments and I am very open about it. I also suffered from post natal psychosis and was suicidal- including standing on a bridge with my daughter as a baby (not with her she was in pram). They also know this as I did some fundraising for the Mother and Baby unit recently.
I am very upset, I actually had to go outside as was tearful and a bit panicky with breathing. I'm not sure if I'm being over sensitive or unreasonable to expect people not to talk like this in the office or in front of me.
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Jokes about suicide in the office
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HuckleberryGin · 10/08/2016 09:18
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