I would say not to compare what’s stressing you to what’s going on with others. That in itself adds to stress, IMO: “Why am I bothered by this when so many other people have it much worse?” - it makes you feel like maybe you don’t have a right to be overwhelmed by something, yet you’re still overwhelmed with it, which then makes you think there’s something wrong or selfish in being overwhelmed in the first place. It’s a loop of worry over work, then worry over why you’re worrying, and feeling shame that what you’re worrying about isn’t worthy somehow.
We’re all different and we all have different things that eat away at our confidence, and each of us is entitled to that, I think.
As to your boss…boy, I could write about that all day. I’m not great thinker, and I don’t have any better alternative system to put forth, but it’s one thing that I hate about capitalism/consumerism, regardless of how much it’s regulated country to country - this idea that there must always be continued growth, and then we need more and population to support the growth (both in more workers and more consumers), and it never ends. It’s like we’re producing and consuming ourselves into oblivion.
I always get aggravated at work because, with nearly 40 years in my career field, I’ve never, ever once heard management say, “We’re going to ease up this year.”
Nope. When we hire more people, it’s “We hired all these extra people, we should be producing more goods and making more money!”
When we downsize people, what are we told? “We’ve got to tighten up and do more with less, because even though you just lost 20% of your staff, we need to still grow and produce more goods and make more money!”
Geez, it never ends. The older I get, the more crazy it makes me.