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Work and Mental Health - where do I fit in?

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Picture this. You are in a train travelling to an office which is 2.5 hour away. You have been worrying about the journey for days, it even affected your sleep. Your stomach starts to cramp.   You are getting agitated. You pray that no one will seat next to you because you know you will flinch every time they will come too close to your personal space. You mutter to yourself and you realise you are making jerky movements with your shoulders. You have chosen to travel outside the 'rush hour' but you are getting nervous because there is a noisy child nearby  and someone's music can be heard even with their headphones on. The noise is like fingernails digging inside your brain. The cramping is so bad that you know you will have to run to the nearest loo as soon as soon as you get out of the train. You worry there might be a queue. By the time you get to the office you are already exhausted. You try to mask how you really feel. If someone talks to you, you force your mouth in...