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Mental Health Day Guilt: Am I just lazy?

I finally gave myself a break and took a mental health day. But instead of feeling better, I kept asking myself: Am I just lazy?

Why do we treat physical sick days as valid but mental health days as questionable? Rest is rest and burnout is just as real as the flu.

Do you think companies will ever treat mental health days as seriously as sick days? Or is the guilt always going to follow us? #girlpov #GirlTalk #wellness #mentalhealthawareness #mental

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Yes because we were trained to work until we mentally crash out.

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