AIBU to take a sick day when I feel overwhelmed?

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I never take a day off and manager really strict, when I’ve gone in obviously unwell there’s been no effort to tell me to go home. I haven’t been feeling too well mentally. My marriage is breaking down and my kids have been unable to sleep due to the heat. I just feel fed up. I could go either way not going in one day this week and just focusing on myself. What excuse would you give? I’ve never called in sick only for my kids and I don’t want to use my kids as an excuse. What would your reason be? What’s put me off in the past in the details they want of your sickness so it gives me anxiety and I just end up going to work. I really feel depressed but don’t want mental health to be a reason as I just don’t want them knowing. They won’t be supportive and will just use this information against me.

But those doubts about her ability to do her job would surely be correct if she is so overwhelmed by it she needs to take time off? Sometimes honesty is the best policy.

The vast majority of workplaces would replace any worker tomorrow if they dropped dead today with barely a second thought. Take a couple of days to rest (a D&V bug tends not to invite much further questioning), then start looking for a new job if you can and consider seeing your GP and getting signed off for longer if needed, before the stress makes you ill 💐

Yeah, good luck with that. Management is famous for having empathy about your personal life.

And the reason, which is proved over and over again in this thread, is that far too many people bullshit and take the piss. Every time someone throws a sickie or bullshits, it makes employers more cynical. As I said, this thread proves them right and sadly means those that have legitimate issues don't get the support they need.

OP HAS a legitimate issue, although it’s unlikely management will see it that way. They’re likely to bang on about “everyone has problems. Get over it. Stop being such a baby.” And such like. What a charmed life you must lead to never get sick, exhausted, or overwhelmed. It’s ONE DAY. I sincerely hope that you are no one’s employer.