You must have heard or seen the advertisement campaign launched by the government of India to create awareness about mental illness and depression. After an era of considering it a taboo and looking down upon it, the people of the country, the generation X was finally able to rise above the myth that depressed or mentally unstable people were a bane to the world. The recent confession by everyone’s favourite Deepika Padukone added flame to the fire and caused mass level empathy for people suffering from this disease.
What we realised from this nationwide crusade is that people with mental sickness are in between us, they may be your colleagues or your employees or probably your employers! Is our HR department equipped to deal with this sensitive issue?
Depression can be caused by personal or work related problems. If it’s a family matter, the HR must arrange for counselling and therapy to help the affected. They should be given time and as little a work load as possible. Taking them off time consuming projects might help. Though, if it’s due to stress at workplace, a different approach is required. The patient should be given therapy sessions as per the guidelines of a psychoanalyst. Also, if it’s caused by too much workload, paid vacations might help a great deal. Sometimes, lack of motivation or appreciation causes a person to sink. During this, handing over projects with little risk of failure creates a driving force and assured success fulfils the deprivation of appreciation.
Such people do not need your sympathy but empathy. They need to be understood and given time to deal with their problems. They demand patience and precious time of the organization but once they recover, they can be the most loyal and hardworking business people in their community. Believe me, people are worth every second and penny you spend on them.
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impressive!
nice
Nice one Divya!
Major issue these days..well written
depression is an illness which people tend to hide for the fear of being called a lunatic .Most of the people are suffering from it today.Its good that you have taken up this topic.
nice
Very nice divya!
Moreover from the point of business
Workers produce more when they are mentally and physically fit , good environment and expectations are being fulfilled.
Impressive work! Still in many places mental health is ignored! If you see a phsycologist they will say you are mad!
But the scenario is changing, slowly but steadily..
Wow! Beautiful work..
Well written
Its good that you have come up with this topic..it is very common these days and, yes, ignored too…excellent work!
Beautifully presented.. !
People usually don’t understand that they are suffering from mental illness. They usually neglect. One should not ignore such things. Depression is what everyone is suffering.
Well articulated..!
very well written 🙂
To come out of depression is very difficult. Once you get into the vicious cycle of depression, it takes lot of time to deal with it.
This was a very much needed article. Thanks for putting it up!
I think off late it is very important to pay attention to one’s mental health. In this fast paced world where everyone is in the race to be the best depression is not uncommon. It is really good that you wrote on this.
good one 🙂
Marvels, very well presented
Yeah, true that!