Are you embarrassed at work?
I work in a doctors surgery and all the doctors and managers know of my diagnosis due to having had significant periods of time off work due to episodes.
Every now and then I'm hit with embarrassment and cringe so hard at the fact that these people know of my diagnosis. I wouldn't have told them had I have had the choice. They've all been great and understanding about it but I just feel embarrassed when I think about it. The issue is entirely my own.
My boss has seen me deeply depressed and sent me home from work, I've almost cried in front of her too, so I cringe about that and feel so weak when I think about it.
None of them have seen me manic but I have had time off for it, so they've seen me in the days leading up to the episode, where I'm overly happy, not sleeping etc and I find that embarrassing too.
Not sure how to get over it. Are you the same?