'I fell asleep at work and I’m spiraling': Office worker falls asleep at their desk, supervisor threatens to write them up

Have you ever fallen asleep during something you weren't supposed to?Sometimes life just hits you, and you fall asleep when you weren't planning on it. Maybe you got a rough night's sleep, or maybe you've been lulled into sleepiness by a big meal. Either way, it happens. It happens to the best of us, and all you can do is apologize and move on. But what if this happens at work? Should your supervisors hold this against you? If it happens on a regular basis, then maybe. The person in this story was in a difficult place in life, where they had some slip-ups at work. Nobody likes to be told they're doing a bad job, and it can feel like it gets personal when you get negative feedback at work. But it's best not to take it personally, lest you end up in a situation where you're resentful of the people you work with. Messing up at work can be a real head trip. It happens a lot, but the way that we react to it says a lot about who we are. It's easy to get down in the dumps about this kind of stuff, and it can be difficult to get out of the muck. The employee in this story was definitely feeling it and wondered if anyone else had ever felt the same way. When you're in a bad spiral at work,…