A person in the United States spends about 115,880 hours of their life working. This number, however memorable, is also impersonal. They are a reminder of how much time we may spend with colleagues without truly knowing their inner lives.
Often, it’s not until someone has a crisis or an accident at work that people see what that person is going through. One reason for this has to do with stigma surrounding mental illness and a culture that continues—despite some progress—to emphasize shame and endurance over openness and vulnerability.
