Thanks everyone! Wow, that was awesome. Like talking to a bunch of really smart new friends. I wanted to respond to each of you individually and I still might, but I just wanted to throw this out there.

After working with my therapist of 5 years, she has seen me go from suicidal, deeply depressed, seriously scary mixed-states, and nearly full-blown manic a few times, for the first time ever I am very very stable. It's weird. My only "problem" in life, literally, is work. It's always sort of been the opposite... until I got stable. Hmmm. As my friend said, "Maybe they need for you to be sick."

I saw my therapist of 5 years today and she has heard every detail of the bullying as it would happen. When I told her they had a meeting and came out one by one and asked how I was doing and suddenly they are all being very nice, boom, at 9:45 last Friday… She just looked at me and said, “You’re not crazy, you’re in a good place, it’s time to get out of there!”

Funny thing is, my dream job came open right in the middle of all this. They can be as nice as they want, I don’t want anything to do with people who have to have a meeting to decide whether or not to be nice to someone.

Besides, my boss drowns squirrels with his bare hands in a utility sink. No joke. He has a “squirrel problem,” that’s how he justifies it. My therapist was horrified! As am I.

Thanks again, everyone. I really appreciate the concern and the opinions and just the interaction in general. That makes all the difference in the world.