Mental health sees 300 000 people leave their jobs each year
Hayley Smith
Image copyright Supplied Image caption  Hayley Smith  lost  her  job when  she  told  her  employer about  her  depression
 Hayley Smith  was diagnosed with chronic depression in  her  early twenties: "I'd been bottling up quite a bit through most of my teens. Then it hit me a like a brick wall "  she  said.
 She  was so depressed  she  didn't leave the house for six months.
Things began to improve and when  she  was 23 years-old  she  got a job at a food and drink company. But  she  had weekly counselling to attend.
"Every Thursday I'd have to take the afternoon off. So I spoke to my boss. In the meeting  she  was fine with it and said 'do what you need to do' ".
But after the meeting  she  received an email being told  she  was going to be taken off  her  accounts and that  she  should think about seeking employment at a mental health charity as "they might relate".
The manager also told people in the office: "It went round. It was horrible - I felt really exposed "  she  said.
Working there for a few further months triggered  Hayley  to experience anxiety  depression and "massive trust issues".
Eventually  she  left.  She  started  her  own company in London which  she  still runs five years on: "In the long-term it's given me awareness of mental health - and the awareness to make sure I was never going to make people feel the way I was made to feel."
Image copyright Supplied Image caption   [TGT] lost   [TGT]   job when   [TGT]   told   [TGT]   employer about   [TGT]   depression
  [TGT] was diagnosed with chronic depression in   [TGT]   early twenties: "I'd been bottling up quite a bit through most of my teens. Then it hit me a like a brick wall "   [TGT]   said.
  [TGT]   was so depressed   [TGT]   didn't leave the house for six months.
Things began to improve and when   [TGT]   was 23 years-old   [TGT]   got a job at a food and drink company. But   [TGT]   had weekly counselling to attend.
"Every Thursday I'd have to take the afternoon off. So I spoke to my boss. In the meeting   [TGT]   was fine with it and said 'do what you need to do' ".
But after the meeting   [TGT]   received an email being told   [TGT]   was going to be taken off   [TGT]   accounts and that   [TGT]   should think about seeking employment at a mental health charity as "they might relate".
The manager also told people in the office: "It went round. It was horrible - I felt really exposed "  she  said.
Working there for a few further months triggered  Hayley  to experience anxiety  depression and "massive trust issues".
Eventually  she  left.  She  started  her  own company in London which  she  still runs five years on: "In the long-term it's given me awareness of mental health - and the awareness to make sure I was never going to make people feel the way I was made to feel."