I return to the forums to hopefully give myself a little clarity and a place to breathe while I deal with an anxiety ridden time in my life. I am not in a good place when it comes to my career. I recently changed jobs over the summer (same company, sort of a promotion) and it's been one headache after another ever since I made the transition. I tried to carry myself differently with this group of people I am working with now, but sadly my inability to properly read social situations has caused me a lot of unwanted stress.

I confided in an individual that I will refer to as "Spoon". This is because this person is the spoon stirring the pot. Spoon said they felt sorry for me as an individual in the group in that I was being underutilized and the position I was in didn't fully cover all of my skills and abilities. I bought into their talks, and ultimately expressed my own frustrations with the position. Eventually these feelings made their way to upper management as "rumors", word for word as Spoon said them. I was called into a meeting with my direct supervisor and manager. I was so upset I cried. While I was not in trouble - who gets in trouble for hating their job???? - it surely burned a bridge and made my time with the company appear to be on shortened terms.

I have been actively looking since that moment a month ago, meanwhile Spoon continues to meddle with me and try to get me caught in various compromising opinions about my job. I simply refuse to discuss work with Spoon out of fear the next conversation I have will be a verbal / written warning leading up to my dismissal.