Sounds like the one person you can trust is yourself... sometimes we need to ask ourselves, what could we do differently. Is it always the same people's actions that are stressing you out? May I ask what these people have done to stress you out and question your faith in human nature
Oh jeez, how long have you got!? I'm a very sensible, logical person, I normally brush off those comments/actions that probably just came out wrong. But its all piled up so much even the little things are getting to me so I can't cope with big things.
I was stuck in a workplace for years with a boss that wanted your soul. Finally in a position to leave, had so many promises from my next boss that were empty, he also ended up trying to tear me down (I'm good at my job, the income I brought into his shop was almost double what he brought in, his ego couldn't handle it) so I started having panic attacks and my work was affected. I had to abandon a huge chunk of my clientelle that I've worked hard for years to build. So after 2 evil bosses, I'm scared of being employed again. Two bosses that have done very well out of me working for them.
I'm recently self employed, not allowed to work but my Government doesn't recognise me so I have 0 financial help right now. I've worked hard to keep my head above water and because of others' decisions, its all for nothing.
Family- my brother is the golden boy in my mums eyes, (my sister and I know this). He got stressed recently and it was my turn to get his sharp tongue, I mean EVIL words, he goes straight to relentless spite when he's upset which I despise. I get told "you know what he's like, just ignore him". He gets to be vile and if i kick off I'm on my own. Now its all swept under the rug and forgotten about yet I'm still in shock that my own family can speak to me like that.
I'm in the middle of trying to get back money that is owed. I was told that if covid cancelled something I'd get the deposit refunded. I asked, they said a definite yes. Apparently they don't recall saying that and the money is an admin fee. If I pursue this through my card company they've threatened to get the full amount owed. So, they lied, they know they lied but I'm paying for it?
One of my neighbours put a "stop parking like a C***" sticker on my car. I've parked legally in the same place for 3 years, its all on street, 8 houses park on this street, my next door neighbour had one too, why us? Now I'm just worried someone's keeping tabs on us, why couldn't they just knock on the door and talk?
All over the news you constantly see rich & powerful people getting away with so much, we all know people who abuse the systems and get away with it. We've all had colleagues that make friends with the right supervisor, the ones that are good at looking busy but actually do nothing so the actual hard, honest workers get twice as much to do and somehow miss out on any rewards. I was actually told once by a manager in another workplace that I was overlooked for a promotion because I quietly just get on with my job. If you're good in a position they keep you there and promote the more useless lazy people just to do the paperwork in the office. And get paid more, higher bonuses, better perks.
Am I just really unlucky or are these situations somehow my fault? Im learning a lesson about life and I really don't like it.
