Dear Priscilla:

I am thinking this “disgusting feeling in the pit of (your) stomach” has in it a disgust from long ago about someone else in your life who treated you passive-aggressively, disrespectfully, like this man has. So the new disgust triggers the old disgust and together brings about a strong, intense emotional reaction in you. If you agree, then processing the old disgust/emotions will lighten the burden of your work situation with this guy.

anita