tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598735881538286744.post3647366920538833014..comments2024-02-19T21:19:10.589-08:00Comments on Adventures of a Survivor!: "Own Your Journey"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13041497717996111076noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598735881538286744.post-330640339985726952016-04-09T20:06:25.738-07:002016-04-09T20:06:25.738-07:00As always, Danielle, thank you for your comments a...As always, Danielle, thank you for your comments and support!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041497717996111076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598735881538286744.post-58035378457616228022016-04-08T14:48:32.641-07:002016-04-08T14:48:32.641-07:00I love this post. While reading it I nearly thre...I love this post. While reading it I nearly threw my neck out nodding in agreement (ok not really, but you get the point). You say that your honesty has been ridiculed, joked about and used to hold you back in your career. I hear you. I have experienced all of those things. One of the things I have learned about the holding back part is that if someone really wants to do that, then I don't want to be working for/with them anyhow. I am who I am and I am going to bring that to work with me, whether someone likes it or not. There are things about other people I don't like, and I find ways to work with them. I expect the same. If someone won't, then they are not worth my energy.<br /><br />I have come across some amazing people at work my being honest about myself. I have seen sides of people that I never would have seen if I hadn't shared, and I am grateful for this. I never would have gotten to know them as well otherwise.<br /><br />Yes there are those who will use the information in a negative way, but honestly my experience shows that these are the people that will use any little thing they can to put others down. In a way, it makes me sad for them. The people that will do the right thing with the information, as you say, far outweigh the jerks.<br /><br />I'm sad that you still need to write about mental health in the workplace, but I am glad you are doing it. I hope it opens doors for others to talk.<br /><br />Cheers.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913584637184337107noreply@blogger.com