I lost my job this month. I was unemployed for about two weeks, before my company was able to find another placement for me. But those were a rough two weeks. I seriously contemplated suicide and had a bit of breakdown.
I'm doing better now, but these last few weeks were very tough. I think the one thing that really saved me was the fact that it took so long for me to get fired. I first heard that I might be fired a week before I was actually let go. This allowed me to get all of the initial bad feelings, and liquor, out of the way and kind of prepare myself emotionally and mentally for the inevitable.
Mind you my mental preparations weren't that great, I was still in a state of shock and sadness once I was actually fired, but I think those preparations did a lot save my life.
I got so drunk and so sad after only hearing that I was in danger of losing lose my job, that I know I would have killed myself if I had been fired immediately.
Anyway, I have a new position and will be moving to a new area soon. The city that I'm moving to is much better suited towards my tastes and lifestyle, so I guess in a way things turned out pretty well for me.
I'm doing better now, but these last few weeks were very tough. I think the one thing that really saved me was the fact that it took so long for me to get fired. I first heard that I might be fired a week before I was actually let go. This allowed me to get all of the initial bad feelings, and liquor, out of the way and kind of prepare myself emotionally and mentally for the inevitable.
Mind you my mental preparations weren't that great, I was still in a state of shock and sadness once I was actually fired, but I think those preparations did a lot save my life.
I got so drunk and so sad after only hearing that I was in danger of losing lose my job, that I know I would have killed myself if I had been fired immediately.
Anyway, I have a new position and will be moving to a new area soon. The city that I'm moving to is much better suited towards my tastes and lifestyle, so I guess in a way things turned out pretty well for me.