 |
| FAQ/Help |
| Calendar |
| Search |
|
#1
Dec 14, 2013, 06:25 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Ok, that's putting it nicely.
I've been through a lot. I've been told I am a strong woman but the fact is, I can't cope with other people that have strong personalilties. That is people who try to control me. (To be honest, I have a situation in real life where someone is trying to bully me.) I am 45 years old for goodness sake! They are succeeding in bullying me and I am likely to leave my job because of it. Obviously, I do have some brain cells and I have worked out that people with strong personalities are a trigger for me. They remind me of trauma from the past. That trauma is over so I need to find a backbone to deal with this!
__________________
 Pegasus Got a quick question related to mental health or a treatment? Ask it here General Q&A Forum “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing that it is stupid.” - Albert Einstein |
 FrayedEnds, JadeAmethyst, justmemaybe, possum220
|
 justmemaybe, Onward2wards, too SHy
|
|
#2
Dec 14, 2013, 07:03 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I was going to say people with "strong" personalities usually have ego or control issues. Having a confident personality is a little different. Confident people can have empathy and sympathy and can relate. Strong personalities tend to be narcissistic and would rather not put much investment into the relating part. They can go jump in a lake. Just my two cents.
__________________
Forget the night...come live with us in forests of azure - Jim Morrison |
| healingme4me, Onward2wards, pegasus, too SHy
|
|
#3
Dec 15, 2013, 11:04 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I have the same issues as you with authority figures. I find it difficult to stand up to them. I did finally start standing up for myself after much counseling.
I know my issue comes from very little self-esteem. Now that I've taken the chance and started speaking out, it's gotten easier, but still a work in progress. It was difficult to do. But I feel like I have more control over myself and my emotions. Good luck! |
| healingme4me, pegasus
|
|
#4
Dec 15, 2013, 07:34 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
You can go on short term disability for being bullied. My T said he would be glad to write the necessary documents and speak with my PCP to also have him fill out the paper work . He said he has a few clients out in short term disability because of being bullied at work. He is a strong advocate for this because he was so bullied at a job that it cost him his job and shook his confidence.
__________________
When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
|
#5
Dec 15, 2013, 08:53 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
That might not be your situation. That's what I tried.
__________________
love in the morning / i go forward / into my day. Please help by offering suggestions for what you'd like to hear about mental-health wise. I'm nervous about it, but I started a Youtube Channel. PM me! - Burnout Utopia - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgE...5mLKszGsyf_tRg |
| Reply |
This is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.|
|
My Support Forums is the online community that was originally begun as the Psych Central Forums in 2001. It now runs as an independent self-help support group community for mental health, personality, and psychological issues and is overseen by a group of dedicated, caring volunteers from around the world.
Linear Mode
