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« on: 22 November 2011, 08:15:49 »
Good luck with the docs Rob.
Stress and depression can be very serious and depression can often go unnoticed by the person affected.
I know in my last year on the Army I was posted a long way from home but within the UK. I hated being there and already had problems with the 'green machine' prior to that posting and had a lot to deal with at that unit. I knew I hated being there etc but didn't really see the effect it was having on my family, it wasn't until after I signed off and got out (at the 18 year point so by no means an easy decision) that I found out more details. Sat round the xmas table, first xmas after getting, chatting away with my mum, dad, wife and kids and it was there that it came out that it had got to the stage where my own kids were scared of me coming home at the weekends because I would explode with anger at the slightest little thing! It was at that point that it really hit home how bad it had got.
All I would suggest is pretty much what you appear to be doing, see the doc / HR at work and get it acknowledged dealt with. As has been said, your employer has a duty of care for your health and well being.
You are talking about it and doing the right things it seems, I sat on it and did nothing and I think the outcome would of been far worse for me if I hadn't come out of the Army when I did.