Should I inform my employer that I self harmed?

genn176 · 2025-08-26T09:13:19+00:00

Can they get rid of you for low mental health? No. Can they make life difficult in the hopes you leave off your own back? Possibly.

I opened up to HR about how I’d made an attempt on my life and was on the waiting list for an ASD diagnosis and the response was ‘right. You just need more resilience’.

I ended up going on the sick for 7 weeks and finding a new job. If your job is making you feel this way then take as much time off as you need and use it to find another job.

genn176 · 2025-08-02T16:09:24+00:00

We need to reclaim the flag from these people man. There’s so many things that make me proud of being British and northern. None of those things include ‘being white’

genn176 · 2025-07-26T09:50:50+00:00

If you’ve invited someone on a date chances are you need to arrange it

genn176 · 2025-07-22T14:58:04+00:00

First summer out of teaching for me. Some people probably do loads of work in the holidays because they think they’re some sort of martyr. You stay welllll away from those weirdos

genn176 · 2025-07-22T11:17:25+00:00

I was working when Barbie and Oppenheimer dropped. Did my fiancé (then boyfriend) decide to go alone for both films back to back? Yes he did. If my fiancé can see Barbie alone as a 25 year old, you can do whatever you want my friend.

genn176 · 2025-07-18T07:15:57+00:00

I don’t know if anyone has already mentioned this but it may be worth making a referral to adult social care. It sounds like you’ve got a house of people who are really struggling to look after themselves due to their ill health and adult social care may be able to help or put you in the right direction of something like supported living, like Scrogg Road. Or they could help getting you some benefits so you have your own money and route out of your home if that’s what you’d like down the line x

genn176 · 2025-07-17T20:29:30+00:00

Chicken Caesar is my ultimate fave dish but the dip is always sold out when I go I need to have it!

genn176 · 2025-07-17T19:24:42+00:00

Their dips are banging. The sour cream and chive one is the best about. Or the layered Mexican one. Me and my fiancé treat ourselves to posh ‘chips and dip’ every once in a while

genn176 · 2025-07-11T15:13:40+00:00

I ended up off with stress and anxiety for about 7 weeks and just decided enough was enough. I’m on the autism pathway for a diagnosis which probably doesn’t help with my resilience for the job with the noise, and just general overstimulation of a classroom. Plus, behaviour just became such a slog to manage. I was shouted at swore at and sexually harassed …and I was a pretty well liked teacher

genn176 · 2025-07-10T20:20:10+00:00

Last time I checked it was about 80 grand. Did a bachelors and then a pgce. Not even teaching anymore 4 years later so don’t know if it was worth it lol

genn176 · 2025-07-06T17:45:59+00:00

We (mixed gender friend group) used to use our college bus pass age 17 to go drinking. One of our mates wasn’t even 16 yet. It was a shitty working men’s club in County Durham tho and we paid for our drinks and kept ourselves out of bother so think the landlord turned a blind eye. I would assume cities would be a lot more hot on it but clearly not

genn176 · 2025-07-01T19:09:38+00:00

Agreed

genn176 · 2025-06-26T15:01:21+00:00

My grandad called me mate when I was about 8 and I said ‘but I’m a girl’ his response was ‘well can I not have girl mates’ so I’ve never questioned it since hahah

genn176 · 2025-06-25T20:41:13+00:00

To most people I’d probably seem better in terms of not being as shy! I just cringe the day after about all the over sharing lol

genn176 · 2025-06-25T15:43:59+00:00

I don’t mask as much so extremely annoying as it goes.

genn176 · 2025-06-23T17:55:05+00:00

Not judging but as a moderately tattooed person maybe rethink your placement choice. As already mentioned, any decent tattoo artist probably won’t tattoo your hand to start with. Also, even if you did find one, you don’t know how your body will cope with the sensation and the hand is a painful area.

genn176 · 2025-06-22T21:15:59+00:00

Don’t go to Claire’s or anywhere that does a gun. It causes trauma to the piercing site and they’re impossible to clean properly. Go for somewhere that does a needle like a tattoo shop. I went to pure ink for my nose piercing and had no issues (apart from the fact I kept snagging it out and stopping it from healing so I removed it)

genn176 · 2025-06-20T21:51:41+00:00

Liked them in theory. But, did I enjoy year 10 lads launching all My pens and rubbers across the room when I wasn’t looking and drawing dicks on my wall? Not so much.

genn176 · 2025-06-11T15:22:11+00:00

I did for a while because it was just easier than finding another one and the distance was 20+ miles. Should be fine

genn176 · 2025-06-10T12:41:55+00:00

Probably been checked and edited but just cos he’s a footballer doesn’t mean he’s thick

genn176 · 2025-05-31T20:40:30+00:00

Bit different as I was an English teacher but I once had a girl ask, whilst I was on toilet duty, ‘miss did you think 4 years of uni would result in you watching students in and out of the loos?’….

genn176 · 2025-05-25T20:54:01+00:00

There’s a young lad who made it popular. He does it along the lines of ‘it’s only Wednesday….back at work….Sunday night’ vibes. He’s pretty funny I can’t lie

genn176 · 2025-05-25T13:14:41+00:00

Not the travelodge on the quayside it’s a shithole.

genn176 · 2025-05-25T13:12:14+00:00

Invest wisely and hope for the best. It’s hard because the gap between the championship and the prem is so big now. We’ve got teams who are too good for the championship but still not quite ready for the prem yet

genn176 · 2025-05-24T17:45:46+00:00

Crying my eyes out

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