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Broke down in work – embarrassed – help

Well, to cut a long story short. I’ve been having a hard time of it lately. And today, I Started crying in work. Not just a bit either. I mean full on wailing type crying. I was then taken into a room by my boss and office manager. I managed to clam down after a while. But later on then when I went back into the office, I felt really embarrassed and couldn’t look at my boss in the face. And now, when I think about it, I just want to hide away. It was embarrassing. But I felt I couldn’t help it, I needed to let it all out. I just feel really embarrassed about it now, and it’s going to hell going into tomorrow. Does anyone have any tips or help they can offer? :smile:

Reply 1

john williams

15

call in sick, then you wont have a problem 2moro...or you can resign.

Reply 2

Anonymous #1

OP

john williams

call in sick, then you wont have a problem 2moro...or you can resign.

I think that's a little OTT. but believe me, I was thinking about it :p:

Reply 3

pumpkin7

13

i wouldn't worry about it to be honest. everyone cries at one point or another.. i'm sure everyone on the bus today thought i was crazy because i just randomly started crying..

Reply 4

Segat1

16

OP, what happened i.e. why did you have such a reaction?

BTW I blubbed at work in front of CEO. He brought me tissues :biggrin:

Reply 5

Anonymous #1

OP

segat1

OP, what happened i.e. why did you have such a reaction?

BTW I blubbed at work in front of CEO. He brought me tissues :biggrin:

I don't know, I guess thing just got to me. Things haven't been that good for me lately, so I think it was just a build up from that. looking back now to this morning, it was pretty funny. But very embrassing :frown:

Reply 6

kobrakai

1

I cried several times in work over Christmas, because it was stupidly busy and they were pretty much leaving me to run the shopfloor and then blaming me for whatever went wrong while they weren't there.

They bought me coffee from Starbucks to calm me down. Then fired me 3 weeks ago.

Reply 7

Segat1

16

^^ Bastards

Crying at work is ok if you are junior office member. Send desperate emails to people to meet you behind the building and just bawl.

Crying at work is not ok if you are CEO. Cry in toilets on your own or in big corner office.

Reply 8

loda

oh, i did the exact same thing at my work, my boss was totally crap, he all official and embarassed and just didnt know what the hell to do with the wailling hysterical girl.

I just told him the next day that I was just really stressed and that it wouldn't happen again. Thankfully he believed me-fool!!

Reply 9

q1w2e3r4t5y

Don't call in sick! That will just make things worse. Believe me, I've been there.

Reply 10

angel_flo

10

Yeh just go in, the longer you leave facing the people you work with the harder it will get. I'm sure everyone will be sympathetic, everybody cries! Just explain that everything had just a bit too much for you yesterday and you needed to let it out. No-one will judge you for it!

Reply 11

Apricot Fairy

16

No one is happy all the time. We all go through tough times in our lives, and people will understand. I was working in a bar two summers ago when I'd just split up with a long term boyfriend. I was welling up the whole time, and constantly having to go to the toilets and cry. Don't worry, everyone does it sometimes.

Reply 12

quintsy

17

I say go in tomorrow with your head held high, give everyone a smile and say: "Sorry about yesterday, things got a bit too much- I was feeling a bit under the weather." Or something to that effect.

Chances are people will admire your openness regarding emotions and your ability to move on. Everyone will be able to relate- I'm sure we've ALL had days where everything just gets on top of us. :smile:

Good luck! And I hope your problems get resolved soon. :smile:

Reply 13

Stefan_M

10

I would have to agree with many of the TSR users that have posted before me, hold your head up high tomorrow morning and go into work and act as nothing has happened, since you do not have to explain the reason for crying to anyone if you do not want too, and besides, crying is what makes us human and is good for the system once and a while.

Even though I have not been in the position that you are in, I hope that my two cents worth helps you out! :smile:

Let us know how you get on! :biggrin:

Reply 14

guitargirl03

13

I wouldn't feel embarrassed. I cried at parents evening on Monday (not because of the comments I received, lol). I think it helps to have a little cry.

I've been diagnosed with depression, and I have to say that having a cry helps me feel a lot better.

Reply 15

Sephrenia

16

as most people have said, go in and smile and say 'i had a bit of a bad day and i was a bit under the weather' or something similar...my guess is that it will all be forgotten pretty soon

Reply 16

Riddy

Anonymous

Well, to cut a long story short. I’ve been having a hard time of it lately. And today, I Started crying in work. Not just a bit either. I mean full on wailing type crying. I was then taken into a room by my boss and office manager. I managed to clam down after a while. But later on then when I went back into the office, I felt really embarrassed and couldn’t look at my boss in the face. And now, when I think about it, I just want to hide away. It was embarrassing. But I felt I couldn’t help it, I needed to let it all out. I just feel really embarrassed about it now, and it’s going to hell going into tomorrow. Does anyone have any tips or help they can offer? :smile:

Put yourself in their shoes, what would you think/feel? The embarrasment is only comming from YOU, they probably assume you got stressed.
Not that I can talk but still...

Reply 17

kookabura

13

I have done very similar at work - had a lot on at uni exam wise, had other problems at the same time. Then I was at work one day, covering one section on my own and a member of the public came up and was aksing me for something - I didn't know what they were on about they started being funny and I just burst into tears and started telling them it wasn't my fault and not to have a go at me! My boss came and took over and put me in the staff room to calm down and fetched one of the other girls I got on well with. Once I had calmed down I went and explained what had happened and why, and said that it wouldn't happen again! She was fine with it!

So, just to say again what everyone else has said - go in and see your boss, explain why it happened and don't worry about it. There are alot worse things you could have done than that!! :smile:

Reply 18

*soph*

14

I started crying in my german lesson on Friday and totally lost it and went off on one about how much I hate college... managed to pass it off as feeling a bit down when I got quizzed about it on Monday, though I've been feeling so c**p and crying so much, I must look like a right idiot. But we're all human, we all cry, what's done is done so just hold your head high and carry on.

Reply 19

Mangaroo

12

yeesh depression is so high in england..

Broke down in work – embarrassed – help

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