I've been doing the work in therapy to recognize my unhealthy patterns

Now I can identify all the ways I'm sabotaging my relationships, but that doesn't mean I've stopped doing them

My company says 'we're a family here,'

which is weird because my actual family never expects me to work weekends for free.

I suggested replacing our daily stand-up meeting with a simple email update, but my manager said

that would ruin the 'synergy' of watching each other drink coffee for 15 minutes

I told my therapist I was having trouble with self-regulation, so she gave me a mood journal to track my emotions.

Now my anxiety just has a very organized to-do list.