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If you're only taking mental health days when you're burnt out, then you're not going to actually help yourself with a single mental health day. There are other signs you need to look for that only you know about. My other signs include a nonspecific dread/anxiety about work without reason, extreme exhaustion, or extreme anger before my shift. Mental health is an "all the time" thing, and shouldn't be gate kept like what you're doing.
Yes, ofc. I agree with all you said. I only pointed out that "don't want to" is not the same thing as any of the stuff you mentioned . I don't want to do lots of things, doesn't mean I can use mental health as a cop-out. I've struggled with depression and anxiety all my life, and people misusing "Depression" or "Mental health" or "anxiety" for everyday-stuff is undermining the real struggles people have.
But gatekeeping mental health is totally okay.
Just because their issues aren't as clinical as yours doesn't mean they're not also struggling.
Lmao I'm not gatekeeping. All I've said is that not wanting to do something is not the same thing as legitimate anxiety