I am sorry that you are being sought out by your boss for therapy Icecreamkid, unfortunately we can pick our friends but we can't always pick our bosses unless we are self employed. It is probably your good nature that she is spotting and taking advantage of unfortunately.
Do you have a therapist now? If you don't then maybe find a therapist that does cognitive behavioral therapy, that would help you learn how to overcome this kind of person, because they are out there and I am sure there are techniques you could learn to make yourself less appealing for them to pick out and manipulate somehow.
Please don't let this depress you, but it would be good to know what about this kind of person does depress you. Personally I do my best to try to learn from people, yes there are times where I just want to run from them too. But running is not always the answer, learning how to overcome can provide you with some personal strength that can help you with the anxiety your dealing with that leads to your feeling depressed. We cant change other people but we can learn to change how we react to them and some methods we can use to prevent ourselves from being victims somehow.
You can continue to look for a different job, but we all know the economy and job market is tough so trying to find a therapist that you can work with to learn how to overcome this should be a priority. There must be something you can do that will politely and safely turn her off and leave you alone.
I CAN relate to how it can get you down, I am dealing with an attorney that really gets me down too. I talk about it a lot in therapy and it does depress me to the point where the mere thought of him Zaps my energy. My therapist doe not do cognitive therapy, wish he did though.
((((((Hugs)))))))
Open Eyes
Last edited by Open Eyes; Mar 12, 2012 at 02:18 PM.
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