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When you absorb other people's work problems

My coworker quit without notice last month and I have been doing her job and mine ever since because I cannot stand to see my boss stressed even though I was not offered extra pay.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You have made yourself responsible for emotional climates you did not create and cannot truly control.

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