I have been in a toxic work relationship. My boss who was also the owner of the company was a narcissist. He was treating staff like slaves, he was rude, he was arrogant, he had no respect towards the women in the team and was treating the female members of the team like a piece of meat. No wonder the company is now facing bancrupcy. He was good in manipulating people and making them feel guilty for even trying to set any boundries. I managed to survive there for 1 year before making the decision to leave and it was 1 year of constant abuse. It broke me. I lost my confidence, I lost my self esteem, I lost my motivation, I lost my willingness to do anything with my life. When I decided to leave and luckily I was accepted with widely open door in the company I was working at previously. I went back at the same high-level position I was before which was supposed to bring back my confidence, but now an year later I still strughle with my mental healt and I still feel pain every time I think about all the abuse.
In my case neither talking to HR, nor talking to my boss was going to give any accwptable result, because then I was going to be seen as the problem. The only solution for me was to re-start my life and walk away from that place.
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