I recently lost my job. It was pretty unfair but there's nothing I can do about it now. I gotta move on with my life. Find another job.

In the meantime, I am going crazy. I feel down, useless, between a rock and a hard place. It is horrible. You would think that since it is not the first time you would learn to deal with this situation. Well, it is no easier.

This is a cry for help. I have way too much free time on my hands and I don't know what else to do to keep my mind occupied. So, I thought maybe it is s a good idea to make a thread about this and just talk about it. I need the therapy.

Thank you

I'm not unemployed,but I've been at a job that I really hate for 9 yrs. I'm just a simple grocery stocker. I'd say don't give up on your job search. Make looking for a job,your full time job. That's just my two cents. lol

Would you rather be unemployed are have a job that you can't stand like me. I'm just curious to know. Watch a movie called clerks and clerks2. lol

Wish I had that opportunity still need my first part-time job, if your want to be pre-occupied why don't you try doing some voluntary work?

"What did you do?"

I did nothing. Well, maybe what I should do and didn´t was to suck up. I can't be a bootlicker. I just can't. Now that I think about it, there's nothing wrong about it. I mean, if that is what it takes, maybe I'll do it. But it is not in me. I felt that the only thing I should do is my job. You know, do it the best I can. But at the end it had nothing to do with performance. It was a matter of politics.

The thing is that the system is designed for the employer to let go the employees with virtually no previous notice. I feel it was wrong, they should have told me in advance, but it wasn't anything illegal. They usually tell people one month before the contract expires. They told me one week before so it caught me totally off guard. Nobody saw that coming.

Sure, I will take any job, I don't know if they would offer me something. Most of the times I have tried that, they tell me that I am overqualified, so they don't hire me.

In the end, the problem is not finding another job. I think I will. My problem is ... how not to lose my head in the meantime?

It's not going to get better for you guys when the world throws away modern macroeconomics for Hoover era classical economics. There's going to be lots of cuts on government spending which will probably mean less money for the unemployed. Consumer confidence isn't going to come up soon, especially if we're counting on the "long term" to solve problems (it's just going to be a reduction in long term output, so that our confidence will in fact be in line with reality, a really shitty one that is). Germany and China can kiss their export driven strategy good bye when the rest of the world fucking falls into another recession.

Oh, and the debt that needs to be paid off? Good luck with the lack of revenue with the recession to come. Sadly, economic austerity is going to be counter productive and do the opposite of what it wanted to do in the first place >.<

I really just get sadder and sadder. It's like Atlas Shrugged, but just the complete opposite in regards to who the bad guys and good guys are. Larry King's going to stop because CNN can't compete against FNC (well, CNN already went to shit anyway, but it's still sad to see FNC profiteering off of its "journalism"). We see a movement that completely has no aim, having contradictory wishes, ignoring basic facts. There's no more hope in this world, and there's nothing that can be done. Really, after a whole shitty decade, this is what it's going to ammount to, a REALLY shitty decade.

My god, people are worrying about inflation, when they ignore the basic fact that if everyone demands less of all goods, the price of all goods are going to fall >.< Pseudo monetarist are somehow trying to argue for something, even though interest rates are at or near 0%, and loans are being made at bargain rates. Kids can't get jobs, adults are losing jobs, we're just going to social networking sites (oh yeah, this site is one now), oh fucking god dammit. Lunch break is over, and I get to continue my unpaid internship.

Wow,what a negative post. Your such a downer. lol

First of all, don't forget that are not the only one who lost his job.
It's nothing get depressed about. You might feel down the first few days, but that's normal.

Join the Gym! Work Out 3-4 times a week.
Go Out, take a walk and change your mind.

If you apply to jobs, don't expect a call the next day.
It can take up to 4 weeks for employers to hire someone.

Try to get in any job related to your field even if it doesn't pay what you want. While working and making some money, keep on searching for the job/pay that you want.

Been unemployed for months now. Good times.

I can relate to you, I used to work full time for 2 years straight, then when I was unemployed I reacted exactly the way you did (at first i was in denial), anyway my friend told me about a course called the discover yourself course it's good for motivation and confidence levels and it get's you out and about, the trouble is it's only for single parents, in the uk on benefits.

What you need to do is don't let it get a hold of you, it's a big mistake, get yourself out there , keep on trying, and do voluntary work if you get really bored.