Do you ever feel like your job is 50% your actual role and 50% just managing people’s emotions? I’m not a therapist, but it feels like half my time is spent de-escalating coworkers or interpreting vague feedback. How do you keep boundaries without seeming “difficult”?

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You want to stop playing therapist? Stop being so available. Let people deal with their own mess—no one gives you a bonus for emotional labor.

It took me years, but I have the same mindset now that the person above me does. Eventually I stopped entertaining unprofessional coworkers.

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