Fantastic article from the broader workplace inclusion literature, on the management of concealable stigmas in the workplace, with relevance to health professionals with lived experience of emotional distress @ManyHatsNetwork@In2gr8mh journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…
@ManyHatsNetwork@In2gr8mh ..if one has not revealed to a colleague, the individual may spend a great deal of attentional resources ensuring […] stigma related information is not accidentally exposed, considering if revealing might be a good idea, and/or trying to gauge how the colleague would react.. 1/2
@ManyHatsNetwork@In2gr8mh I'm curious if this holds true for mental health professionals with lived experience.
Some have suggested the decision not to disclose is due to feeling it is not relevant to their work whilst others indicate the fear of stigma is burdensome.
Maybe it depends on the person?
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@ManyHatsNetwork@In2gr8mh This quote leads me to believe the former to be true for some at least, “I am tired of hiding, tired of misspent and knotted energies, tired of the hypocrisy, and tired of acting as though I have something to hide.” (Cvetovac & Adame, 2017, p. 356)
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