Feeling Burnt Out? Here's When & How To Take A Mental Health Day Off Work

Everyone deals with some level of stress in their day-to-day life and while we are very good at taking care of our physical health, our mental health often takes a backseat. It is as important to take a mental health day if you are feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, as taking a day to recuperate after any physical ailment like food poisoning or viral fever.

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What is Mental Health Day?

Mental Health Day is exactly what it sounds like, a day to prioritize your mental health. It need not be a whole day, it's just a limited amount of time where you can rest, recuperate and recharge. Every individual has a different threshold for how much stress they can take. While some thrive under constant pressure, for some a highly stressful job can be detrimental. It is therefore important to take your feelings into account and take a day off to relax when work starts to feel overwhelming.

Benefits of a Mental Health Day?

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While taking a mental health day will not completely solve the underlying issues that can lead to stress or mental health problems, a break can give us the chance to rest and recover. Some of the benefits of taking time off to relax are:

1) Increased productivity
2) Reduced feelings of burnout
3) Improved physical health

When to take a Mental Health Day?

Feeling overworked and stressed out is normal when you are constantly expected to perform your duties on the professional as well as personal front. Here are some tell-tale signs that you are in desperate need of time off:

1) A decline in productivity

2) Your workload feels overwhelming

3) Physical symptoms, like headaches, exhaustion and you fall sick a lot

4) Difficulty sleeping and lack of motivation to get to work

5) Excessive conflicts with coworkers.

When you start to feel these thoughts creeping in, take a step back and take the day off.

How to take a Mental Health Day?

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Whether you utilise one of your 'sick days' or your 'paid leave' it is important to understand that you do not need to tell your employer or even your coworkers what you'll be doing on said day if you do not feel comfortable. Plug off from your work without any guilt and enjoy your time off. Take a look at some of the things that can be incorporated when you take time off:

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1) Unplug from social media

2) Spend time outdoors

3) Get back to a hobby you enjoy

4) Get creative

5) Catch up with your favourite television shows

Taking care of your mental health when those Monday morning blues start lingering throughout the week and you start feeling that every day is a bad work day is not only good for you on a personal level but is great for the well-being of any organisation. So to avoid a mental breakdown, take that personal day off whenever you feel the need to and make it a practice to take out some time for yourself on a daily basis to help manage your stress levels.

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