When you first lose a job, you will be hit with a flood of emotions. Some of those are caused by the grief process. A key element of grieving is developing a story to help you understand the situation as well as your path forward. Essentially, you are re-weaving the disrupting event back into the tapestry of your life. So, coming to understand the job loss and charting your path forward will help you regulate your emotions.
A complicating factor with job loss is that you may layer shame on top of the typical emotions associated with grief. Shame is an emotion you experience when you experience a bad outcome and believe that it reflects an aspect of yourself that is hard to change. When you lose a job, it's natural to assume that there is something about you that has failed or is inherently flawed, complicating the healing process.
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