01-28-2025, 11:24 AM
(01-28-2025, 09:59 AM)thectexperience1 Wrote: A curious development at work that reminded me of @Benjamin and his experience of being used as a punching bag at that one BBQ after switching to a grounding shield sub.
A few times last year, a colleague of mine who has hardly been on my radar has attempted to malign my work. I'm in academic social sciences, so this takes the form of virtue-signaling and ethical one-upmanship. The critique is no difficulty to counter because it's formulaic and you get so accustomed to it. Still, OF's DRS was surely helping me out also. Once, when this colleague tried to critique my work in front of a bunch of people after I presented at a public forum, I noticed she was trembling, struggling to get the words out and unable to look me in the eye.
Anyway, I switched off OF over Christmas and then began OPH. This month she has been trying out small jibes here and there, and just today she really overstepped with a direct criticism of my work conduct in a group email. Keep in mind this person is in no way my boss or supervisor.
I pushed back explicitly, which was fine. What I find interesting is whether people can be emboldened if they sense the energetic situation between you has shifted relative to what they've become used to.
Yes, that’s exactly what I experienced with the grounding shield as well. Which sucks because problems ensue.
