Thinking about how this exactly describes the behaviour of a former manager in a former workplace and how fucking damaging it was to my mental health. Also what happens in these situations where this is a known problem but people higher up the chain just ignore it... https://twitter.com/shinybiscuit/status/1330114332974313472

When I left that job and started my current role it took me quite a long time to shift out of a mindset of always being defensive or evasive and thinking people were purposefully trying to trip me up or make me look stupid

Also I don’t expect managers to be robots but being managed by someone who constantly projects all their personal upset or weird jealousy onto you is poison and managers who do that need to check themselves. The people you line manage aren’t your experimental therapy group.