I ended up comforting and placating my superior multiple times today and that's not the first time. She is frequently overwhelmed by minor inconveniences and deeply distressed by any criticism. I've been at this job for a year and am a quiet, patient employee. I was raised in the trenches of essential Covid staffing, nothing will destabilize me yet I come home everyday emotionally squeezed and drained by a boomer who cannot regulate her feelings or frustrations worth a damn. I could bring it up to the office manager but there won't be anything done about it other than putting a target on my back. She already pounces at every rare opportunity to inappropriately correct me or highlight a mistake yet also turns around and tells me that I'm the only one that she can talk to. As you probably have guessed, no such accountability can be found on her part. There's no solution other than to leave when I can' take it anymore. I hate that jobs are like this.