Helping Yourself and Colleagues
A key to effectively managing your wellbeing in the workplace is noticing and discussing major changes in your own or a colleagues’ behaviours and feelings and seeking professional help when necessary.
Similarly, if colleagues tell you that they are acting in certain ways and/or have certain feelings it is in their best interest that you encourage them to seek professional support.
Some of these changes in actions and feelings may include:
- Being agitated;
- Becoming increasingly distracted at work;
- No longer talking to family and friends and generally withdrawing from others;
- Becoming afraid or suspicious for no reason;
- Sleeping poorly or often being awake all night;
- Developing strange ideas;
- Hearing voices no one else can hear;
- Feeling one has special powers;
- Having difficulty concentrating;
- Saying or writing things that don’t make sense;
- Increasing use of alcohol and/or other drugs.
More Information
> Do you have to tell your employer that you have depression? - beyondblue
> Signs of Mental Illness and what to do - Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia
> Something is not quite right - SANE Australia
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