I’ve endured three decades of working as a professional for CEOs, MDs, boards, and entrepreneurs. I’ve been shouted at, threatened, and generally treated badly as if they owned you just because they are paying you a consultancy fee. It’s been high stress, anxiety-ridden, and sometimes depressing work at times. Not always, but sometimes. And it leaves you either hardened or broken, or somewhere inbetween. With multiple mental health issues all combining to make a party in your head. One that you did not want to be invited to.
Therapy helps, CBT gives you tools to cope, but embracing life and realising that not everyone and everything is out to get you or to make your life hard helps too. It’s all about your mindset, with mindfulness, journalling, and just going for a walk. It may take a little time but you’ll get there. Soon you’ll learn how to find your way through and to even embrace the wild rain.