Do You Have One of These in Your Office? The Office Hypochondriac!

 

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In celebration of The Office Zoo being released on Audible, ITunes and on Audio Amazon - here is another office animal that you may well recognise. I am convinced that every office has one!

The Office Victim / Hypochondriac

This is the person who always has a problem. It may simply be an ache, a sore leg, a headache or just something to gain sympathy. This character falls into the Office Victim category. To alert you of their need for sympathy they will limp, look sad or huff loudly. There is always a drama and something to demonstrate life is unfair for them or that life short-changed them. What is interesting is how they select certain people to follow and off-load onto. Their main purpose is to gain energy/power through receiving sympathy and attention. They are like human-energy leaches. Watch how the person they offload on usually comes away looking grey or like someone put a hoover in their mouth and sucked the life out of them.

Being aware of the office victim/hypochondriac is the first step in avoidance. You must realise that whatever you do YOU CANNOT MAKE THEM BETTER OR SAVE THEM! The best strategy is to introduce them to a fellow office victim / hypochondriac so they can out ‘woe’ each other. The ultimate outcome of this is that two people will look like they both had hoovers stuck in their mouths and both had the lives sucked out of them. Human prunes, if you like.

Key things to notice about the victim /hypochondriac approach: they pull sad faces when they walk towards you. They will brandish a body part or rub it before they begin to talk about an ailment or an issue. When they talk to you, they make sucking noises through their teeth. The truth is no matter what you do or say their ailment will not get better. Why not suggest that they cut off whatever appendage is bothering them? Actually don’t they might develop a rare case of leprosy.  Instead, why not confuse them with: ‘so tell me about something nice that has happened.’ When they shift their minds to the positive, they will almost combust. These people teach us about boundaries – the lack of them and are of great use in the office because they are always in a state of drama. They provide huge learning by enabling you to realise that you actually have a lovely life comparatively. They also teach us about learning the best way to escape. You can generally be a victim if you have not set boundaries and have handed your power over to someone else.

 

This character enables you to learn to see the bright side, highlighted by their constant negativity filter. In addition, they provide us with incentive to avoid discussing the negative. Instead you realise you want up-beat conversation rather than continual misery.

Truth: no one can save them. Do not try because you will be fighting a losing battle. It is just how they are. Try the following quote with them: if you shine your torch on a turd you will see a turd. Smile and walk away.

 

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