Comment by slfnflctd

I've been in a really stressful position for the past 6 months. Things that I would've walked out over a few years ago are now things that, for various reasons, I kinda have to choke down.

My entire concept of "what is ethical?" has undergone a transformation. It's not about my ideals any longer, or about feelings, or about how gentle or aggressive management acts in negotiations. It's about much deeper things-- like when I'm asked to support something I find distasteful, I need to really investigate whether, in context, it's actually something which violates my conscience. You know what? It almost never does.

These are the two questions that matter most in my view: 1) Am I honestly being required to do something that harms someone worse than the status quo, and 2) Is anyone around me having a medical emergency - including certain serious psychological issues - that I can help with? Aside from those two things, there's a lot of ugly crap that you can still keep trucking through.

Many people, particularly (but not only) younger ones, are oversensitive to things they simply don't like but that aren't actually wrong in any major way. You've got to choose your battles.