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Property professionals are not immune from struggles

COMMENT: There’s no doubt that there has been a definite shift in acknowledging mental health in recent times. There have been a number of high-profile disclosures, from royalty to musicians, actors and even names from the “macho” world of professional sports such as football, rugby and boxing, in a way that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago.

For a long time, though, it was felt that the real estate industry lagged behind other professions: surveyors who called LionHeart’s helpline often cited a profit-driven culture, which brought with it a pressure to perform 24/7, and a reluctance to admit they were feeling stressed or anxious, in case it was perceived as weakness.

The result was that people were often working themselves way past the point of being healthy. Either they ignored all the signs that they were struggling or they simply didn’t see them, until sometimes they ended up at the point of breakdown.

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