{"id":4488,"date":"2022-11-15T07:30:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T07:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/?p=4488"},"modified":"2023-01-10T10:47:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T10:47:24","slug":"a-candid-exploration-of-mental-health-in-the-virtual-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/a-candid-exploration-of-mental-health-in-the-virtual-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"A candid exploration of \u201cmental health\u201d in the virtual workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4488\" class=\"elementor elementor-4488\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3918a01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3918a01\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9162eee\" data-id=\"9162eee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-403ed5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"403ed5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A candid exploration of \u201cmental health\u201d in the virtual workplace<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e75453 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e75453\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38ac83c\" data-id=\"38ac83c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1076ec8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1076ec8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b261b5\" data-id=\"0b261b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f183af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f183af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Over the past few years, the term, \u201cmental health\u201d has morphed into a <b>buzzword,<\/b> being tossed about like a limp, over-used hacky sack.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-753acd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"753acd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">There is a vast difference between what is meant by \u201cmental health\u201d and how is it perceived by society.<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a3e29b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a3e29b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Feeling sad from time to time does not necessarily mean one is suffering from a diagnosable, quantifiable mental illness, such as Major Depressive Disorder. Similarly, many may joke about \u201cbeing OCD\u201d, meanwhile undermining the nature of the illness as well as those who live with it. It is, therefore, of utmost importance to distinguish between \u201cmental health\u201d as a fashionable, trendy and hackneyed buzzword and the harsh reality of being mentally unwell.&nbsp;<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>According to a blog written by Kathy Edens, \u201cAwareness of our own and others\u2019 mental health is growing around the world, but sadly still hasn\u2019t shaken the <strong>stigma<\/strong> and <strong>embarrassment<\/strong>.\u201d Indeed, it is a sad truth that, even with the pandemic pushing the issue of mental health into the limelight, it is still labelled as an uncomfortable, disconcerting and awkward topic to address.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let us now consider how \u201cmental health\u201d is approached in the <strong>current workplace<\/strong>. It seemed that \u2013 overnight \u2013 workers went from shaking each other\u2019s hands and enjoying a lunch break together to staring at the harsh light of computer screens. Interaction became isolation and communication a click; a smile a square on that screen. All too quickly, people were having to adopt novel methods of getting the job done, existing in a <strong>cyberspace workplace<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f6afb4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f6afb4b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5aa206d\" data-id=\"5aa206d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f33ce3 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f33ce3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-efce7f5\" data-id=\"efce7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3dd35b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3dd35b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In companies that function solely online \u2013 <strong>Culturelligence<\/strong> being one of them \u2013 it is of the utmost importance that workers have access to mental health <strong>check-in platforms<\/strong> and <strong>support groups<\/strong>. Having specific spaces delegated to colleagues checking in with \u2013 and up on \u2013 each other are indispensable tools, both for those who do and do not struggle with mental illness. Of course, these online tools cannot replace the <strong>in-person interactions<\/strong> for which humans were designed, but they surely are better than <strong>silent suffering.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is okay not to be okay; it is when our understanding and approach to mental health are hidden behind that infamous screen that we inevitably will lose connection.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa4e88b\" data-id=\"fa4e88b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa62e4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa62e4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/cultureele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image.jpeg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, the term, \u201cmental health\u201d has morphed into a buzzword, being tossed about like a limp, over-used hacky sack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"elementor_canvas","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homeblog","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4488"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8068,"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488\/revisions\/8068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturelligence.com\/culture2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}