I have been at my job for a few years now and, for the most part, is going good. There are a lot of people above me (supervisors, team leaders, managers). Despite there are a lot of people, there is much diversity and acceptance.
However, my team leader is always talking to us like she's a host character on Barney and Friends or some other cheesy kids show, and we are the kindergartners. She is like this with everyone, but for me, personally, she looks at me like I'm some sort of unhinged, emotionally unbalanced psychopath. I'm not a psychopath, for one. And 2, I'm expressive, but not nearly as expressive as my mom. I often talk with my hands and I put emotion and emphasis in my voice when alerting someone of an issue. Apparently, this is frowned upon. My team leader constantly tells me to calm down. She will drop her head down with her eyes staying focused on me and give me this look that screams "NO. Calm down." She's not a battle ax, in fact she, along with other team leaders, likes to get overly curious about your personal life. This creates a false sense of "family" and you feel like they care about what you're saying. But in reality, they are collecting info to use against you later. My team leader will always try to play psychologist with me. Always trying to say that she's just like me. She's not even listening. I've told her numerous times that I have dyslexia and it causes some delays in my work because I have to make double takes on number sequences and reread sentences. Sometimes, I will outright make a mistake. She comes down hard on me for it and acts as though I'm telling her off my dyslexia for the first time. She's like this with others. There is a lady on the same team as me who is known to have some hearing impairment. She has to sit close to the T.L. during meetings and speaks loudly but politely when on the phone. One time, I was sitting close to my T.L.'s desk and I couldn't help but over hear my T.L. reviewing a form with this had of hearing lady and making a stink of how much she delays answering people on the phone. The lady had to remind her that she is hearing impaired. My T.L. just pipes "But it's excessive." She just always has some answer and needs to have the last word and be right.
It really bothers me how she looks at me. She makes me feel mentally unstable when I'm not. I've tried to talk to her in private and be open to her. I don't want to spill all the beans to her, since she is not my doctor. I just want her off my back. She is always trying to improve me and once told me that I need to change my whole character, my whole personality. No one can just do that. This isn't a dream job or something I'm even passionate about. It's just a job to pay the bills. But this T.L., she is so invested in the company, she is practically yes-person there and expects everyone to be the same way.
I think I just need a new job. But until then, what can I do? Anyone else have employers who think your too emotional/expressive?