If you are always on the listening end of the venting during the ever-present office bitch sessions, these authors offer perspective. They speak to the emotional toil the toxic handlers experience and suggest reframing the discussion.
Source: Science of Us, December 6, 2016.
In a terribly unsurprising finding, their research suggests that people in these roles “frequently experience untenably high levels of stress and strain.” They used nine questions to identify toxic handlers; those who answered “yes” to four or more of these fit their definition.
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