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Subtle Sign #1:
Your Job is Ruining Your Life

When your job begins to ruin your life at home,
you are probably dealing with a vicious bully at work.

You start to hate your job
- You dread going to work

- You feel embarrassed and humiliated

- You start to worry about the future

- You feel perpetually drained
You have signs of stress
- You have frequent anxiety about work

- You're irritable and frustrated

- You have trouble sleeping

- You have physical symptoms of stress

- You are angry, rude or silent around your family

- You stop caring about everything and become emotionally numb

- You engage in increasingly self-destructive behavior
You think obsessively about
a certain person at work
- You hate dealing with him

- Your mind wanders and rehashes past interactions with him

- You have a desire for revenge

- You fear confronting him

- You fear his anger

- You fear he may hurt your career

- You don't know how to fix the situation
You fear leaving your job
- You feel you've invested too much to walk away

- You don't feel worthy or capable of getting a better job

- You fear you will get a bad reference from the bully

- You are too emotionally stressed to invest energy into a job search

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