How do you navigate a "tough conversation" with a client who you suspect has a mental illness in addition to being burnt out? Or vice versa--someone who thinks they need a diagnosis but you think it's burnout and not necessarily something permanent.
As someone who has experienced both, I always wonder how someone could exhibit signs of burnout and not be diagnosed with depression, or how to be taken seriously when I tell someone the difference between situational things that are making me miserable vs. the shitty chemical makeup of my brain lol. Like "I dread going to work every day where I'm constantly stressed and pissed off and then when I get home I cry all night and can't stop thinking about how much I hate it there" "Have you been taking your meds?" Ugh.
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How do you navigate a "tough conversation" with a client who you suspect has a mental illness in addition to being burnt out? Or vice versa--someone who thinks they need a diagnosis but you think it's burnout and not necessarily something permanent.
As someone who has experienced both, I always wonder how someone could exhibit signs of burnout and not be diagnosed with depression, or how to be taken seriously when I tell someone the difference between situational things that are making me miserable vs. the shitty chemical makeup of my brain lol. Like "I dread going to work every day where I'm constantly stressed and pissed off and then when I get home I cry all night and can't stop thinking about how much I hate it there" "Have you been taking your meds?" Ugh.
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