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I’m Going Through Something That Is Making Work Really Rough. But Telling My Boss Might Make It Worse.
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I’m Going Through Something That Is Making Work Really Rough. But Telling My Boss Might Make It Worse.

Slate Magazine·Doree Shafrir·20 days ago
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Good Job Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Alexey Surgay/iStock/Getty Images Plus.  Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here . (It’s anonymous!) Dear Good Job, Six years ago, when I was in college, I was diagnosed with OCD. The diagnosis came after a very stressful spiraling during finals. But I got help and I have managing it with medication and therapy since then. Recently though, I could feel old habits coming back. My OCD presents as perfectionism in work. That has never gone away, but it’s becoming worse and worse lately, with me sometimes staying up all night rewriting reports, sure that I can get them more perfect. I’m working with my psychiatrist and therapist obviously. But I’m worried that the longer it’s taking us to get to a new equilibrium with my medication, that my work is going to realize I’m acting crazy.…

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