I’ve been fuming all day and feel my BP I symptoms escalating out of nowhere. I’m in the middle of a real estate sale and the real estate agent I’ve been working with has been so incredibly demeaning to me. One time, we were prepping the place for photos and she was literally yelling at me about how my place wasn’t photo ready and what was I thinking? Mind you, I had spent the prior week prepping and thought my place looked great! Fast forward to our next interaction discussing pricing, she raises her voice at me telling me not to tell her how to do her job in regards to pricing (mind you I have a MBA from the top finance program in the world and she didn’t want to hear any input from me at all).

At this point, I tell her I’m bipolar and that her communication style is really upsetting for people like me. She says she understands and we part ways with me thinking we’re finally on the same page.

Then today, we have an open house and as I drive by towards the end I notice the sign that is outside has “Open House” written in barely legible ball point pen with the incorrect address to boot. When I text the agent to point this out (my immediate gut reaction was to call and scream in anger but I’ve learned through therapy to breath and wait) she ends up calling me screaming at me about how she’s experienced and I’m micro managing her. 

I ended up firing the agent. I just felt so terrible all day/evening because I did everything I learned in therapy to communicate my needs, listen, actively communicate, think from the other person’s perspective, be thoughtful in my responses, and I’ll I got in return was a lot of pain thrown my way.

Good riddance. Just needed to vent.