[Serious] Are you in therapy?

[Astreja]

I was in therapy about two decades ago, when I had a panic attack because of an untenable increase in my workload. (Already doing the work of a full-time plus a part-time employee, and management added another department to my responsibilities.) In addition to a script for antidepressants I also got a referral to an excellent therapist, who listened to me vent and helped me figure out what to do next. The combination of meds and talk therapy was powerful enough that I only needed them for about six months, by which time I had the anxiety under control, more staff had been hired, and I was able to step back to doing part-time work for only two departments instead of six.