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Depression in Workplace
Depression in Workplace
you think that your dreams and goals are broken and you cannot stay another day
in the same situation? Well, all of us have had good and bad days. Sometimes we
feel that the sun is brighter, that we can do everything. In other side, some day we
think that our responsibilities and obligations are so big for us. This is normal, in all
activities there are periods of stress but what happen when you only have “bad
9.5 million of people suffer depression in the workplace each year. The depression
in the workplace is the first cause of disability in world. It is a mental illness, but in
the most of cases, it does not receive treatment. The depression has many sings. It
could star with sleeping disorders, feed disorders, and bad habits. Or when we
Mexico loses 14 billion of dollars each year for absenteeism and low productivity1.
The reason is that the employees are not enough motivated. In many of these
cases, they are not conform with their workplace, or to the time that they work. The
problem is that in Mexico we work more hours than other countries more
hours one person works at year in 38 different countries; says that in 2015, in
Mexico a normal employ work 2.246 hours2. Many circumstances increase this
number year with year. Economy, infrastructure, security problems, media, high
cost of life are some of them. The problem is bigger than we think.
There is a circle in the employ’s routine that makes he hates his job. First, the high
costs of all things make that the employ has to workmore hours for earn enough
things that he believes necessary, and they are not. At the end, he works more,
The solution for this problem would imply impossible actions. Our society is
capitalist. The worth of people are in the money that they produce. However, there
are some actions that we can do for avoid a depression in workplace. We can
improve the work area. In addition, if job or actual situation are not according with
In summary, we have to learn about the time and form that we pass working. We
need to know about disorders in the job that we can suffer for a bad stress
management. The solution for this kind of problems are in us. Change the system
is so difficult, but we can change our life, our attitudes and our actions.
Reference sources
1) Darinka Rodríguez. (2016). Empleados deprimidos causan pérdidas millonarias en México.
14/10/2016, de Alto Nivel Sitio web: http://www.altonivel.com.mx/empleados-deprimidos-
causa-perdidas-millonarias-en-mexico-57970.html
2) El país. (2016) ¿En qué país del mundo se trabaja más horas? 15/10/2016, de Periódico El país
Sitio web:
http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2016/07/07/actualidad/1467886894_771736.html