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Is depression affecting your relationships at work?

There is a risk that your relationship with your colleagues will be damaged if you suffer from depression. It's not your fault. Unfortunately depression may also affect your work. Depression affects:

• Your relationship with your colleagues
• Your ability to work

Depression can harm or destroy personal relationships.

Does your employer understand depression?

Fortunately most employers allow for illness and understand that you may need to take time off because you are unwell. Established procedures frequently come into play in the event of prolonged illness. This is also the case for mental illness, though in practice things are, unfortunately, often different.

If you are lucky your illness will be properly understood. You will be treated with patience and understanding by those who depend on your work. More people are becoming educated about depression but others may not know how to deal with it.