Hey guys, i’m an introvert cna & i get bullied, how do i handle this?

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I’m a introverted cna and i get bullied by extroverted CNAs which are some.

Apart from all the others, today i came to work & i was checking who has how many residents assigned. As i was writing on the paper, i messed up & we have 5 papers for 5 cna. So i kept using the other one after another but the papers can be copied & its not a big deal.

Earlier day shift cna, very extroverted - snatches the papers out of my hand & laughs & says, damn how many papers are you gonna mess up, just make the messed up one work & just leave the others & one of her coworker from day shift tells her, your shift is over u gotta get going.

I snatch the papers back from her hand & i said, we can still make use of the messed up paper, damn give me my papers back!! & then she started talking to others as if nothing happened & i just sat there trying to do my paper.

I get intimidated but i dont scare away from speaking up for myself but still it feels like, although i’m quite, don’t like talking to everyone openly & keep to myself at work, i still get picked on, by others too.

I had an incident where a coworker of mine, usually we work together just fine, we’re comfortable working with eachother, all of a sudden- she gives me cold shoulder and doesnt speak to me & when i call her to help me, & i mess up a bit like for example “if i have the lift’s lock on while transferring a resident” she started saying “damn unlock that” with an attitude. I didn’t confront her but rather i treated her just like how she treated me, then she came at me like “oh im not doing this assignment anymore”. I stood up to her & she hasnt spoken to me ever since, but she sure has told EVERYONE the business. Everyone knows what happened between me & her but nothing from me. She’s extroverted, tells everyone everything, all her business & they’re more likely to talk to her even the nurses & i feel left out the entire time i work with her feels like a cage.

Alot of people keep reporting me despite of taking good care of my residents, i help around alot, i stay to myself, the cnas that used to communicate good with me are listening to others & even they dont really talk to me like that. I really like this job but it makes me feel singled out & i cant risk losing the job so it feels like i have to take it . Idk i just dont feel good

Posted Jul 7, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC

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