Hi there! There is a jobs council that will help you get through something like this, talk to the unemployment office about this, keep your chin up.
Good luck!
Sincerely,
sandy

Hey sandyallen,

i understand what you're going through. I've been unemployed twice. The first time due to layoffs and the 2nd time I was fired. I completely hated the 2nd job and I had a lot of angst after that.

The worst part about it was that both these occasions were during the winter. So not only was I stuck at home all day, I couldn't even go outside for a walk and I couldn't afford to go anywhere. Talk about cabin fever.

I dealt with it by keeping myself busy. I would try to wake up the same time my husband went to work. I'd go to the gym in the morniings to keep myself active. I would do chores at home everyday so I didn't feel completely useless and I looked and applied for work wherever I could find it.

It helps to use positive affirmations so you don't get stuck in a rut, which is really easy to do when you're on unemployment. I eventually took a job that paid substantially less than my last job. However, the environment was nice and the work was easy. I've been there for a year and now I have found a much better job that I will be starting on monday.

Good luck on finding another job.

i quit my first after the second one was lined up. i was fired from the second, then i stayed at home for 1.5 months and found a job very soon after. thats the third job. i quit the third job because of workplace bullying and because those who wish to see me fail talk me into quiting. so i quit, and now i am hopeless. i eat sleep and do nothing all day at home and get angry at everyone.

everyone is going through a dry patch with work at the moment not many available, all i can suggest is maybe find a hobby to do whilst you are looking for work to keep you occupied and keep you from feeling to depressed...jenny

my hobby is to send out my resumes. im sending them out in angry fits for revenge. then turning them all down one by one because i did not intend to work at these places in the first place!

ok well that kind of attitude to it will not help your depression, if you do not want a certain job why bother sending out a cv..jenny

I know how you feel. I have been unemployed for a while. Do you have some friends or family to talk with? That is what helps me get through the days. Also, my faith in God has been a great source of strength.

The days can be monotonous. Have you thought about temping or volunteering while you are looking for work? That has helped me a great deal. Plus, I find that when I help others and keep busy, I am less worried about my own situation. Maybe try to realign your career goals, so that you can find a job that you will like. Take care.

It's been almost six months for me since I was laid-off from my dream job. I'm eligible for rehire if they ever do but it could be months or years and meanwhile, my bank account has dried up and creditors are starting to call and the bank holding my mortgage has decided they can't help me with a loan modification which I was hoping for.

Also, I just got turned down today after almost three months of interviewing for just one job that kept me hanging, calling, testing, and deciding "no but thanks."

So I'm doing what I enjoy even though the depression is eating away at me little-by-little. I refuse to be beaten.

What gets me is that my last employer is a husband and wife team that makes about 600k per year with a 3.6M bonus annually. I guess they can't live without the bonuses. The round of layoffs were quite sharp with some in each department cut.

Oh well, I'm listening to some Halloween music and programming game software until something clicks... oh and keeping the phone off the hook! (J/K I am working with my creditors.)

I had a business that went 'belly up' a few years ago. I lost almost everything I had. However, I can tell you, without the loss of this business, I would never have come into the position I hold now. Sometimes what we think is a terrible situation is actually needed to take us where we need to go.

That old saying, "nothing happens by mistake" holds much more truth than it has ever been given notice of. In fact, one could say it is a scientific principle.

The only mistake is letting talent go to save a few bucks now instead of keeping the investment. Big business cares more about the quick buck. The average CEO lasts four years. They aren't in it for the long haul, only for lining their pockets. As to the rest of us, out of sight, out of mind.

True Dorian, however it is part of an ever changing world economy, and is being corrected by the 'market' as we speak. However, it cannot all be placed on the plate of the corporations, which has spent the last 30 years trying to conform to their largest source of profits, the baby boomer; who have steadily been expecting more "bang for their buck". Causing them to cut and save wherever possible.

Most people are dabblers, and rarely master anything. Excellence in order to succeed is no longer good enough, we must be outstanding in order to climb up.

The truth is, it does not matter what this CEO or that one decides or does, the market will handle them. Our lives are our own, and it is our responsibility to rise or fall. If that means we must adjust, then we must do so or suffer the economic consequences. Blame serves no one because it means we are focusing on something we cannot change, and that only leads to a feeling of stalemate; which tends to immobilize us and our ability to act.