To take a couple of days off work

[redambergreen70]

I’ve been struggling over the last few weeks. Anxiety has been bad and I’ve struggled to do a couple of things that wouldn’t usually phase me, I’ve had various coughs, colds, etc I’ve not been able to shift and which have caused me to to sleep badly and I generally feel exhausted with life.

Ive been telling myself to take a couple of days off for a week or so now. Something I haven’t done in over 5 years, even when ill. I can’t bring myself to do it though, I tell myself that work will hold negative feelings towards me doing so and I won’t be considered for projects in future or that I'm letting the team down.

Take a few days off and recover. Work will be there when you get back and I'm sure given you've not had any (sick?) leave over the past 5 years, no-one will think badly of you.

Take the time, think of it as an investment in yourself… hope you feel better x

I think it would be perfectly reasonable and sounds much needed. Hope you feel better soon x

If you're ill you're ill. You won't be doing your job to the best of your ability at the moment feeling the way you do. You need some time off otherwise you're going to burn out altogether.

You know yourself and you should do it.

I took a day off a couple of weeks ago. I had a heavy cold, but had also just come through a very busy period at work and done long hours and was feeling completely wrung out.

I don’t think my boss was impressed, but to be honest, tough luck. I could feel myself crawling on my knees and I knew if I didn’t take that one day off (it was a Friday, so gave me a long weekend) I was going to end up genuinely quite ill and unable to work for a longer period.

Sorted me right out and I felt much better last week, physically and mentally.

I learned a long while ago that no one is indispensable and not to martyr myself (I still rarely take time and I do feel bad about it though). You are Ill, you do not need our permission but if you need it, take the time, feel better and rest.

Try work tomorrow and if you feel no better, then perhaps Tuesday as a day off sick. Looks as if you have made the effort and no-one is going to think you've been overindulging over the weekend.

Please do it.

My work has a rule where you need to be off for 48 hours since you’ve been sick, so I had 3 days off by saying I was sick.

Say you have a vomiting bug or if your company still has time off for covid then say that.

I honestly wish I had done it a lot sooner.

Your MH is so important and they aren’t going to think badly of you for having time off sick.

Take the time off. Unless you’re responsible for running a country, work is really not important in the grand scheme of things. A few days off isn’t going to impact anything significant.

If you’re ill then take time off but I’d also say to look at how you use your annual leave. Now we need less time specifically for childcare, dh and I give ourselves the occasional recovery day to be lazy or do something nice. I had one last month and took my mum for lunch in our nearest city. I might take another in January to go to a spa.

Who are the people at work who are going to think badly of you?

Do you think badly of people if they are off sick for a few days.

Would you really not promote a good, reliable worker - because they were sick?

People get sick.
Work places go on.
IF, anyone thinks any thing at all, it will be 'hmmm, I have to do X and Y now, what a bum' and then they will get on with it and that will be it.