“Anxiety hit as I walked into my classroom one morning – anxiety so crippling I had to turn and walk-out. A member of staff caught me in the corridor, asked if I was okay and that was it. Tears streamed down my face, snot poured from my nose, words failed to leave my mouth. The deputy head came to see me to ask what was wrong. I couldn’t explain but I couldn’t be there.
“The job had worn me down, the emotional toll broke me. Eventually I was sent home but I don’t remember how I got there. Did I get a lift? Did I get the bus? Did my sister pick me up? I don’t recall. I’m not the only teacher that’s broken down. And I’m not the only one now needing to take medication.”
Victoria, secondary school teacher
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