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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 |
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- 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 |
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- 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 |
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You think obsessively about
a certain person at work |
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- 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 |
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- 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 |