Working With You Is Killing Me by Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster

I came across a review via ABC News on this book with the aforementioned title. Suddenly I got engrossed with the 4 page article, and might possibly even buy this book. Reading it brought to mind familiar instances, of mine and of friends' experiences, and suddenly I don't feel so alone and shitty any more.



Excerpts from the article:

Scratch the rational surface of any company, however, and you uncover a hotbed of emotions: people feeling anxious about performance, angry with coworkers, and misunderstood by management. You find leaders who are burnt out and assistants who are buried in resentment.

We call the experience of feeling caught in an emotionally distressing situation at work being hooked. If you find yourself consistently having a strong negative internal reaction to someone or something in your work environment, you are probably hooked.

Some people react to hooks by experiencing emotional symptoms. They feel strong negative emotions such as anger, fear, panic, anxiety, embarrassment, confusion, depression, repulsion, helplessness, or despair. If you are an emotional reactor, you may respond to people and circumstances that drive you crazy with emotional outbursts such as uncontrollable rage, sudden tears, or inappropriate laughter. Emotional reactions to hooks are often accompanied by physical reactions.

This would help if you are in a sticky situation at work, or know of someone close to you who is. Read it if you love your job and in dire straits trying to keep it.