I just put my notice in but this job broke me to my core. I was being mobbed, ganged up on, excluded from things, talked about constantly, and even I feared for my safety on two occasions. I couldn’t express myself without being critiqued, turned around and talked about, or not taken seriously. I developed extreme paranoia, anxiety and depression. I continued to come to work and do the best I could, because of not being able to find a job but I had to give in and quit. Eventually everything started weighing on me and I started showing physical symptoms of my exhaustion along with it affecting my presentation of myself. When heading into work I would experience terrible stomach pains, I out of nowhere started having heart palpitations, and my back ached every day. I’ve been labeled as being the “sensitive” one, all the while being gaslighted severely. I talked to management multiple times but got little to no change. Everyone seemed to turn against me and retaliate and it really affected me mentally. What threw me down the rabbit hole was when the total switch in everyone’s attitude towards me in such a short period of time. Ever since these things been happening I’ve lost 20lbs.
Im in therapy, but I’m so hesitant to encounter any of these people outside of work. Also I dread the idea of experiencing another work environment as bad as this. How might I get over this and work towards looking for another job?