Battleground of the Psyche at Work

In my humble opinion, the workplace should not be a battleground filled with mental and emotional abuse. In my work experiences in the US and China, I have seen previously unimaginable chaos and drama happen. I have witnessed sexual harassment, verbal abuse, emotional manipulation and a lot of personal life messiness spilling out into the office environment. All of what I saw and experienced is surreal and bizarre honestly. It isn’t what I had envisioned a workplace to be in my younger, more naïve years. But I must say, one of the battles that is hardest to overcome is the battle of the psyche in the workplace. Some managers, coworkers and even parents (if you work in the educational field) will use you, throw daggers into your back and pretend that you are the one imagining all of it. It is uncanny how often this happens. This has nothing to do with culture, country or educational background, it has all to do with humanity.

I grew up being told and taught that you need to be professional in the workplace and that hard work gets positive results. Well, as I have matured and experienced life more, I have seen that often times professionality and hard work either don’t exist or they get misused often. Some people who are managers or even just regular coworkers are so evil and insecure in their own life that they get jealous of others they work with. Folks who are murky inside and outside of themselves will spread their devilish seeds in the working environment. I find it insidious how juvenile people can act in the education and the research field.

I know for me, I do NOT go to work to be: abused, gaslighted, lied on, manipulated, stepped on and treated like the shit on a bottom of a shoe. I have learned you really have to trust your intuition and intuitive process when you are at work. This last working experience really stressed me out and in my younger years, I may have blamed myself for how things turned out. Nowadays, I am wiser now and I understand that miserable cretins LOVE to make other folks miserable. People will sometimes punish you for standing up for yourself and refusing to inhale and believe other people’s nonsense and lies. It is like they are soul suckers; they want to siphon any sort of emotional intelligence out of you and make you be their bitch.

So, I REFUSE to be subjected to all of this negativity and not call people out for it. I was not put here on this Earth to be abused, contrary to what many folks seem to think. My mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health should NEVER have to take a beatdown at the place I work.

Think about yourself and realize your self-worth. It may be easier said than done I know, but it is vital to never let ANYONE steal your soul from you. Predators do exist all over the world and they live at workplaces often. Protect yourself. Guard yourself. Stand up for yourself. Don’t let your psyche be ruined at work. Take care of yourself. Respect yourself. This is what I want to say.