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You should not feel like your mental health is dependent on one person. You will almost certainly work with at least one very difficult person in every job you ever have. It’s up to you to figure out how to survive and thrive.
I’ve worked with a few people like this and I usually try to “kill em with kindness”. I lay on the smiles and warmth extra thick whenever I interact with them. I like to imagine it annoys them. Reality is, if they’re unhappy with life it sucks to be them. But you can’t let people like that drag you down.
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I echo attorney 2! I picture myself as the Buddha (corny) with that zen smile and think “I’m at peace with even your unkindness” whenever I encounter the jerk who tried to exploit the fact I had to go on leave for breast cancer treatment. It makes him so angry! I even volunteer to cover stuff that he whined about doing for me when I was literally being cut open. He wants an enemy, but he will not find one in me.
No. Figure it out.
I appreciate that it can be challenging to work with someone who is difficult or negative. That said, from a general mental health perspective, with practice you can learn to not let someone else's problems become yours or their attitude manipulate your own. You can't hide from negativity or negative people. There are far too many in this world. But you can work on how you respond and how you let it impact you. If you are saying your mental health is dependent upon this one person, it sounds like you might need to work on how much control you give others of your life.