I remember getting really upset about things at work, when I was in my 30s and 40s. Things like principals busting up well functioning teams of teachers at the middle schools I worked at. But, as I got into my 50s, I just dealt with it. If I cried, it was at home. I did get "bumped" twice, and while it was painful because I really needed my income then, I just went out and got a new job. The second time happened in my first job here in MA. This job was so awful that I decided to take a part time teaching job in a great system, 40 miles from my house, because I knew it would restore my sanity. It did, and a year later, I was woking there full time, 4 years later I moved closer. I got bumped because the guy whose position I had was a state senator who lost his re-election bid and there is something in state law that says if this happens to a former state employee like a teacher, you get your job back .