Hello guys! So, long story short – I've been at my startup company for a little over a year now. I've already started "splitting" with my manager, who I've convinced has a personal vendetta against me. He always seems to pick at every little thing I do. He fired the only other person I liked on our three\-person team yesterday, and he sort of insinuated that I would be next should I not fulfill the qualities of one of the three open senior levels \(a promotion\). I think I've work *so* hard to secure this position and advance within the company, but I feel like no matter what I do, he will cut me, too, simply because he just secretly doesn't like me.

To give some context to our relationship: He started working here back in November, the team has made strides since then and accomplished a lot in terms of the company's KPIs and such, and he is **a lot** more likable than our previous director. But he's *always* late, very disorganized and forgetful, and not very clear with a lot of his requests or demands. He definitely abuses the power behind his title to do whatever he *feels* like doing, so long as it eventually gets done. He's not bad at his job, and he is seasoned in this industry – but I "split" when I think of how he came in and just started shifting everything to *his* liking. 

I don't want to end up unemployed because he doesn't feel like I fit into one of these future positions when I've worked so hard for it. I know I'll be suicidal again and extremely depressed should that happen. Is there any advice you guys have? How do you handle stress in the workplace? Do you struggle with assertiveness? Would you consider BPD an obstacle to forming leadership abilities?

Thanks guys