Is it right to temporarily put off your work to deal with emotional problems?

If you are an employee, your emotional health comes first.
If you are a business owner, your employees and customers come first.

Sometimes it is neccessary. Feeling guilty will only obstruct your chances of getting past the situation and once again concentrate on your work.

That’s an approach avoidance conflict. You want to be emotionally healthy, but you don’t want to jeopardize your job. Which will land you in the most uncomfortable position, delaying work to get your life on track, or delaying life to keep the work flowing? As @ibstubro says, you have to be emotionally stable enough to work, or the decision will be made for you.

Yes… had I asked for time off I might not have had a breakdown and labelled mentally ill and put on disability. I should have taken my minsters advice to take a year off university.

It all depends. If you went to work and basically pissed the day away then that sucks for those that have to pick up your slack. It isn’t fair to them. They had to earn their pay check and yours. However, if you called out sick or than it is legit. You are entitled to sick days and I count that as being a different kind of ill. If you are not fit to work then you should call out. Some jobs have something called well days. It pretty much is for that purpose. It is a day to clear out emotional stuff or to take simply because you are physically drained. Just a day to relax and pamper yourself so that you can recharge your batteries.

I use to allow my kids at least 5 well days during the school year so long as their grades were good and they didn’t have a test on the day of their choice. I found this allowed them to concentrate better when they got back to school. Its like hooky with permission.

@Pandora I did the same with my daughter. Taking care of your emotional health is very important.

@Pandora “Just a day to relax and pamper yourself so that you can recharge your batteries.”

Now that’s what I’m talkin’ bout!

Sometimes I just gotta kick back and marinate. Call me tenderized.