My boss gave me a task well above my job description but which I would love to do. I worked really hard for the last few days making a draft. I sent him this draft this morning and asked for his feedback. He didn’t respond, but I know he has been emailing other people about trivial things. He could very well have been too busy to look at it in depth or whatever. My task is time sensitive and I am relying on his feedback before I proceed so I am worried that if I don’t hear back in a timely manner, I won’t complete the tasks on time. 


Can anyone suggest any DBT/CBT/whatever skills for the following reactions I am having:

- I am angry that my boss hasn’t acknowledged my hard work as I feel like I have gone above and beyond and that should be recognised

- I am frustrated that I want to continue with my task but I am dependent on him and I cannot control his speed of response

- I am having extreme reactions to his lack of response (‘I should just say I’m not going to do it’/‘I should delete it all’/‘I should sent him a very aggressive email’)

- I am very embarrassed that I sent him a draft because I was confident in it and now I feel ashamed in case it’s actually terrible and he hates it and that’s why he hasn’t responded 

- I am extremely worried that he won’t ever respond and I don’t know how to proceed if he doesn’t