I’ve just been laid off!
Losing my job sucks, it really does, but I’ve called it so many times over the years, you can’t even imagine. I knew all through my time at that company that I was going to lose my job, my house, my wife, my kids, my everything! I mention the same thoughts in this post about hitting rock bottom.
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Below are several options. They may or may not work for everyone, but they are all worth a try.
Talk about it: This is my number one tool. It took me years to get to a point where I was willing to talk about the things that go through my mind on a regular basis. Find somebody to confide in, it can even be a pet. I use my wife. She’s never gone through what I have but that doesn’t matter. I get it. I sound crazy, maybe I am.
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That’s how my depression feels. Dark, lonely, isolated, uncontrollable sobbing. It’s probably different for different people.
But my depression? My depression sucks. Like real bad.
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What causes anxiety and depression? How’d I catch it? Man, I wish I knew so I could help others avoid it. I really do.
Maybe it was my alcoholic father.
Maybe it was his premature death.
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This is the other question I get asked a lot, obviously. As with the physical side of anxiety, I’m sure we all experience it differently.
My anxiety is usually the literal non-stop worrying about events that, after 51 years, still haven’t happened. It can be a single issue or a dozen issues. They just loop over and over and over.
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