When Patrick Dare was called into his first-ever HR review at the age of 54, he finally had to be honest with himself.

“I’d had a high-level career in IT sales for the last 35 years, and I’d never had any issues with my performance until then,” Dare told news.com.au

“For maybe a year prior, I’d been experiencing some mood changes – nothing major, just getting a little bit cranky,” he said.

“I was worse in the evenings, I’d be shouting at my partner, Tanya, I’d be shouting at the dogs – just out-of-character anger. Then, it progressed to paranoia: I became convinced people were talking about me behind my back at work.”

It culminated with the outburst that landed the usually mild-mannered Dare in performance management, when he swore at a few people in his service team.

“People at work

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