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Does anyone else feel like they have a work persona?

Every job I’ve ever had I’ve felt like I have to put on an act of someone I’m really not. It is exhausting. I pretend to be extra cheerful and nice and helpful and like everything is always ok. It’s like a mask I unconsciously put on. Despite being burned at my last few jobs I did it again at my new job. Can anyone relate? I don’t feel like work is my life but idk why I do this or how to be me. It causes me to blush sometimes when the mask slips. Like if I get upset or if someone says something embarrassing my face goes super red but at home that never happens.


Every job I’ve ever had I’ve felt like I have to put on an act of someone I’m really not. It is exhausting. I pretend to be extra cheerful and nice and helpful and like everything is always ok. It’s like a mask I unconsciously put on. Despite being burned at my last few jobs I did it again at my new job. Can anyone relate? I don’t feel like work is my life but idk why I do this or how to be me. It causes me to blush sometimes when the mask slips. Like if I get upset or if someone says something embarrassing my face goes super red but at home that never happens.

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