FMLA - Why is it so hard?

[High_Order1]

Are you taking the right tack?

Will taking off a month solve the problem, or just give you a breather only to return to the same grindstone?

I know exactly what it is like to feel internally like you're driving with the emergency brake still on.

Around here, people get trapped in their jobs; they luck out and get a really good paying one, one they wouldn't get in the private sector. Their bosses know it too, and it creates a toxic dynamic. Lots of domestic violence and substance abuse.

Much as I like to poke at medical people, they know stress. I wouldn't want to trade places with a first year resident for a damn thing!

I don't know why most are so reticent to address mental health issues. I think it speaks to a greater undiscussed problem in the US, namely that of mental health period.

And I don't know why most companies don't do more for REAL employee wellness. For years I have told A level types that the better you treat the slaves the more you can whip them, but they just don't get it. I guess the era of bidirectional company loyalty has ended.

I pray you get the peace you so dearly seek (and need!). No preaching or advice from me; you know what you have to do, scary as it may be.