'Should I Tell My Boss About Problems at Home?'

I am currently dealing with a very stressful home situation. It’s been an ongoing issue for several months, but things have escalated badly in the past week, and it’s having a serious impact on my mental health. I’m doing my best to resolve the situation, but there’s no instant fix. I may be dealing with this for weeks or even months. I am trying to figure out how much of this to share at work, specifically with my boss.

My boss is a good person, and my company is actively trying to create a culture that is supportive of employees dealing with this kind of thing. However, I still feel a tremendous amount of anxiety at confiding any of this to my boss! Letting personal drama affect my work is contrary to the professional persona I’ve worked hard to establish. My preference would be not to say anything at all and to keep working on resolving the home situation. If you were my boss, how much information would you want to have in a situation like this? What would be most useful for you to know? What would you not want to know?

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