My sympathetic nervous system was in overdrive. He told me I had the power to manifest a different reality. I rolled my eyes. Things went downhill from there.
Societal: oppression can mean that many of us work twice as hard for less recognition. Plus, internalized capitalism encourages us to overwork.
The employer gave mixed messages, communicating support for work-life balance, but rewarding overwork. This made it hard for me to calmly reflect on my situation.
For a long time, I felt like an imposter at my job, so I overcompensated. One of my childhood adaptations to trauma is to over-function.
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