Man people are so complicated. I came into work today to a thank you card from 2 managers who I’ve been making a lot of changes for physically around the office and in our system. It was a nice gesture and appreciated.
But one of those managers the week before tried to use me as a scapegoat for why order entry numbers weren’t up. It was very covert and I don’t think it had malicious intent behind it. More like a “I need to escape the unending pressure that’s just been slammed on me and I’m desperate”.
Truthfully speaking my boundaries have gotten better at this job, but I feel like as a whole I don’t trust a lot of people here. And that makes for a lot of cognitive dissonance. They aren’t bad people, but when stuff happens or the guy at the top isn’t happy it tumbles downhill and I feel like people start acting in unhealthy ways.
It turns into a shit show. I want to learn how to assert my boundaries better without anger or resentment. I seem to end up splitting, the psychological definition of it.
Honestly sometimes i question if I’m a really unhealthy individual and just don’t show it. It’s one thing standing up for yourself. It’s another acting overly aggressive based on things you only perceive in your own head. And I do my best not to make those black and white judgements based on upsetting events, but I fully admit it is a huge weakness of mine.
I’m just trying to be a good person without being stepped on. But it’s hard because I feel like I oscillate between being taken advantage of and rejecting everyone before they reject me.