Have a panic attack at work, and go on disability for 3 months...
“Have a panic attack at work, and go on disability for 3 months...”
Or that.
BINGO!
If he mostly works alone, how will he prove that he’s having a Panic Attack? Will he need to make a video of it as “proof”? Yes, I’m being a wee bit sarcastic.
I will bet you it’s been tried, though.
Maybe he could spend about 10 minutes just ‘going crazy’ in the office. Take a cue from some old movie with Jack Lemon or Jim Carey. Bring a Boom-Box, play Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield. Volume set at 11. That should get him a paid vacation at least.
Winner! Make sure you flop around on the floor like a fish out of the water.