I've Been Irritable Lately, but It's Just the Winter, You Know?

"New england winters are long, and they often affect me in a negative way," she says. "So from having an episode like that, i try to talk to my boss maybe, and say, you know, i've been irritable lately." The question of when you bring that up is, i think, really depends on your boss and your company, because in a lot of companies, you are penalized for that.