Pisces and tiredness/sadness

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Hello everyone,

So I'd like to ask everyone on the Pisces for some advice with my Pisces friend. I love him so much. He's my bestie! Ok so he's working in the Finance industry which can be a very demanding field to be in. He's great at his job yet IMHO he's not cut out for this industry as he's just TOO NICE. He's does his job with care for details and following the protocol ... AND on top of that he does way more than his job - helping others in his company. He has handled a few crisis situations for the company, too .... YET he keeps getting passed up for promotions. It's been now the 3rd time he's been passed up in the last 5 years. Each year at his annual reviews he scores high, above average on preformance yet they always seem to come up with small thing for why he's not moving up. It's really bureaucracy and his personality I know. They know he's a hardworker and do little things to keep him on yet at the same time they give him mpre and more work. He's a good person. He's just the type to be in the industry. He's not cuthroat, manipulative, brown-nosing or a user ... He is hardworking, honest, caring and detail-oriented. OK so the latest thing was he was passed up for a promotion. Someone completely inferior him in skills, education and experience was promoted ... IMHO based purely on nepotism and that person is willing to do anything (like not follow rules or laws). My friend while not crying about it, he's silent, sulking, distant and acting fatalistic. Over the years, I've seen this happening to him anytime he had issues from work. But also extreme tiredness, sadness etc. Even his health is getting bad. All stress related. I've tried to get him to quit the job but he's earn a nice salary, probably won't find another similar elsewhere. I've also tried convincing him to change careers but still avail. So my question is ... Is this related to being a Pisces ... I mean the over-tiredness. I work in a similar fast paced enviroment yet I've never gotten like this. And how can I help him to unstress and get over the sadness? He just sleeps when not working. He even told me he's sleeping during lunch. I find this very strange. I told him perhaps he's sick to see a doctor. And the only thing that came back is that he has psoriasis but otherwise healthy. The doc gave him some vitamins but stil the same.
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continued ... I've read Pisces like foot massages. I've tried this with him. He enjoyed it a lot but pulled back suddenly. I guess it was weird for him. I try to be a good friend, showing support how I can, trying to help out with his workload, and get him to go out. But still the same. I genuinely want to help my friend out. Any suggestions on how to destress a Pisces (man)? Thanks so much!
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Posted by hydorah
you shouldn't be concerned with his advancement. It's possible he enjoys the lower responsibility functions more.
And even if he has problems there, he probably doesn't need someone on his back.
Pisces are capable of taking care of themselves
Yes I think he needs a holiday too. I've told him that many times.

Maybe I'm not expressing myself correctly..English isn't my first language.. but it's not me wishing for career advancement, it's him. And he gets quite depressed when there are these yearly reviews, getting passed over for promotion. From my side I think he's in the wrong field. Too high stress and cutthroat for my friend's personality. He's just too nice if person for that industry. I'm sad for him since I obviously see him miserable. I hate to see my best friend unhappy suffering and used up. It's nothing to do with me what he does as profession. And he has management position where responsiblity is high si he lots of stress. I'm actually very proud of his achievements. I just like to know how to help my friend distress and get out of the fatigued sadness he gets into time to time to his job.