I'm realizing quite a bit. From mental abuse from my father that I didn't realize was happening. Someone asked the other day why you wouldn't leave if you're being abused. As a kid I can say because you have no choice. As an adult I have trouble understanding why you wouldn't leave or take some kind of legal action. From the mental side it's completely different. The hold it has or worse when you don't even know it's happening.
I'm also realizing that my current employer, the employer that got me my current employer, & a tornado is the best thing to happen for me. I'm realizing how hard it is to change habitual or instinctive behavior. A lesson i learned from work. I don't mean to brag but I'm also realizing that I'm bragging. I don't know have much to brag about. Don't have the looks, the body, social skills, or ambition. I do have my IQ. I'm ranked as a genius. I used to do logic problems. At 3 I was doing 500 piece puzzles by myself. 1000 piece before 5. Cooked my first egg at 18 months. I learn new tasks fast, gaining efficiency quickly. I also enjoy learning, i guess it's the success of being able to. For all that learning ability, i learned a line & was on a steady incline in efficiency. Only problem is i was working backwards. I only worked it for a week so easy fix right? I mean all I have to do is turn right & not left, simple. I struggled so hard, got so frustrated, humiliated, humbled. I overcame it, but i had to try something unusual conditioning. The problem is caused by how i operate myself. I don't know what's it's like for others. I have felt like multiple times throughout my past that my brain operates on a different wavelength, to say. Once I learn a task it goes on autopilot. A better analogy would be to use computer terminology. I have a foreground or conscience mind & the background or subconscious. I can do multiple tasks & pay attention to my surroundings within a certain distance. There will be times my subconscious will catch something that my conscience mind misses since it's being focused. The warning bells will sound, metaphorically & I'll stop & have to search or investigate what's wrong. A good example & also with current employer, I was relieving another coworker for break. When I was loading something was off after investigating he forgot a layer in a previous segment. I'm also realizing why I admire & look up to my assistant manager so much. Mostly due to two instances. On one i was doing a simple task. I was shown wrong how to do it. When she noticed, she didn't run to my supervisor & use the chain of command & she didn't get on me either. She took time out of her day for one of the peons. She showed me the correct way & explained why it had to be. I also saw how skilled & efficient she is. I respect that so much into a superior. You can be an excellent leader without being able to do the work, but if you can you're elevated in my eyes. The fact she took the time out of her day & regularly works with the night crew & took so much interest in my transition from turning left to to right & learning a new line where again I saw her skill & I can keep going. I kinda look towards her as a mentor. With my current & the employer that got me there. There's been some rough patches on both them & me, but it's all leading me to where I need to be. It does put a huge weight on me, the fear of failing them. The tornado i was relieved of a burden, given a chance for redemption. Work has given me the opportunity & guidance & support. I'm coming around but overcoming habitual & instinctive behavior. I don't know how to balance disassociating myself to work through with socializing to appease others. Or process the games. I respect upfront & respond so much better to it.