I'm not doing to well.
I'm so sorry, Graeme.Well, my auntie's funeral went ahead last week, on Thursday. She was my mother's sister. We were sure if we get going, what the lockdown restrictions.
And another of my cats died today. So...
) I agree. I feel like I should too, just to help make up for the gap in my resume. (Not to mention job hunting completely sucks anyhow and I don't really want to go back into that.) It's just so hard when you have no one to talk to at work, no connections to be made. You try hanging your head down the whole time to get the job done, try putting on a brave face and fake your personality as a laid back supervisor so the people you're in charge of don't see how miserable you are. Amongst doing all that, you're condescendingly talked to if something isn't the way THEY wanted it. I've just about had enough of that attitude for sure. I'm not really sure how to go about shutting that down though without creating a potential bigger conflict that I might not even know how to handle.
I feel this in my soul. What's on the agenda? Naked strutting, pizza, and vidya?
Might as well report this fuckhead for being a fuckhead. Might subtract from the chaos of your day to day. As far as not knowing how to handle the situation... you won't know how to handle it, if there is even a situation to handle, until you experience it in reality (as opposed to in your head). Future prep for fuckheads and shituations later down the line, imo.I've just about had enough of that attitude for sure. I'm not really sure how to go about shutting that down though without creating a potential bigger conflict that I might not even know how to handle.
I'm not the only one this person talks to the way she does, so I don't feel totally alone there. But I mean, it's one thing to act that way towards me, but it absolutely disgusts me to treat other workers like that that actually have disabilities. That is not okay, but I don't know if I should report it to HR? Other coworkers haven't even reported it, and I know that one of the vocational directors already knows how she is, but yet this coworker is still talking to others like this. I don't even understand. No hope for anyone I guess?
Noooooooooooooooo. I'm okay with the peepee tucking, but please refrain from the homicide.
Exactly the same for me as well. I live a little bit closer to my family now than I have in the last 5 years, but those 5 years I lived 100+ miles away was essential for my mental health. The relationship with my mom is much better since moving out and moving away. I still keep her at a distance but I do see her much more than I used to. I'm still able to preserve my sanity. The relationship with my brother has pretty much disintegrated since we both went our separate ways too. He's beyond toxic so it's not like I lost anything there.
Good blunt advice.
(no sarcasm I mean that) I was thinking that way too, but ugh. Fear of further conflict feeding into anxiety really holds me back at times when it shouldn't. 
I know exactly what you mean. I am pretty much petrified of conflict as well. Every time, I simply tell myself that I won't know how things will turn out if I don't at least try. Seems to work.Good blunt advice.