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In school, I was so shy, I constantly struggled to initiate conversations and I was always playing back what I said in my mind and feeling bad about how dumb it
by cryptica 5y ago
In school, I was so shy, I constantly struggled to initiate conversations and I was always playing back what I said in my mind and feeling bad about how dumb it sounded. I held others to a higher esteem than myself.
But as I grew older, the system beat shyness out of me by revealing the ugliness in people. Now I don't care about what people think. I even swore and shouted at my boss when quitting my last job.
Eventually, I realized that most people are selfish idiots so it doesn't matter what they think.
- BLKNSLVR 5y ago> I even swore and shouted at my boss when quitting my last job That'd be going too far, and is an indication of emotional immaturity. Just leaving the job, and giving a clear indication of the reasons in an exit interview, should be far more of a stab in the guts to your boss. Shouting and swearing allows them to blame your emotional state and justifying a stance of 'better off without you', thus enabling a (potentially) toxic boss to continue to treat the next person the same way. Always consider how to make the greatest positive impact. It can actually be far more long-term therapeutic than shouting and swearing.
- cryptica 5y agoIt was a terrible situation, my boss had also been shouting and threatening me with violence previous day so I snapped the next day. It was a mostly normal workplace before that. The stakes were high I guess.
- stevenhuang 5y ago> Eventually, I realized that most people are selfish idiots so it doesn't matter what they think. Seems like you've went too far in the other direction.