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Comment by krolden | Hacker News Reader

I love how its a normal thing to drug someone up just so they can cope with going to a job that is making them feel like shit.

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Is there a choice though? If people can't afford a break, often at the expense of losing the current position they have no choice but to slug through and swim back to the surface. I bet that if the industry had a mandatory one month time off this problem would almost disappear.

Agreed, but the old school approach was to smoke during the day and drink in the evening. "Pick your poison."

Actually drinking in the day at least from 12 noon was pretty acceptable too about 20yrs ago. Large companies often had a management bar in the UK. Office staff had a drinks cabinet.

You're assuming the job is the root cause. Please refrain from dispensing medical advice in an online forum.

Op is not assuming the job is the root cause. Clearly in this case the poster is stressed by their job, and it isn't giving them more energy than they begin with; it’s the reason they said they don't have vacation but otherwise would like a break.

So in this case, a user is suggesting taking drugs to continue to slough through work.

No, a user is suggesting seeking professional advice for the poster's situation and then lists two options that maybe can help.

Why don't you focus on the suggestion to do therapy instead? Not as outraging, I suppose.

You and op are reacting as if someone suggested the poster should be drugged out of their mind, maybe with saliva dripping from their face, completely numb to reality vs. just quitting the job.

Both a false dichotomy and a lot of assumptions.

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