Side Chat: How to tell if you have career trauma

<p class="p1">Lately we’ve had multiple clients share a worrying pattern. It goes something like, “I can’t stop ruminating on this awful experience I had at work. I obsess over it constantly. It’s really affecting my mood, energy, performance, and confidence.”</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">If you’ve had a bad romantic relationship—maybe an ex who said nasty things to your face, or who would scream at you at the drop of a hat, or who neglected your needs and then gaslit you into thinking you were crazy for <em>having</em> needs in the first place—you get to call it what it is. Namely, unhealthy, toxic, traumatic, even abusive.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">But when these things happen at <em>work</em> (and they <em>do</em> happen at work, all the time) … we often don’t call it any of that. We often think we aren’t <em>allowed</em> to have feelings, at all, because we’re at work.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>So, in this month’s brand-new Side Chat, Kristen and I are getting frank and talking about workplace trauma, namely:</strong></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1"><span class="s2">What “counts” as traumatic when you’re in a work setting</span></li> <li class="li1"><span class="s2">Signs that you might be struggling with some form of work trauma</span></li> <li class="li1"><span class="s2">When to speak up or just plain leave a toxic work situation</span></li> <li class="li1"><span class="s2">How to heal from this kind of experience</span></li> </ul> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4">Come <a href= "https://clarityonfire.com/career-trauma" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span class="s3">leave a comment</span></a> after you’ve listened to share <em>your</em> stories of unhealthy work environments (we know you’ve got them).<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR OUR HOLIDAY PROMO</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">2020 was a YEAR<em>,</em> 2021 has <em>also</em> been a year, and you deserve