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Comment by munificent

6 days ago

You are lucky. Some people, when laid off, struggle with all of the stress of not knowing how to pay bills that you do and on top of that struggle with a sense of lost self worth and other psychological pain.

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cortesoft  6 days ago

I feel like a good chunk of that loss of self worth is caused by the struggle to pay bills? In other words, the psychological pain is a symptom of the economic pain.

I don’t think you can make much progress against the psychological pain unless you deal with the economic pain, and once you deal with the economic pain, the rest will go away.

  • rafaelmn  6 days ago

    I've heard plenty of anecdotes of people well off financially getting psychologically distressed after a layoff so I don't think it's purely financial.

    • cortesoft  6 days ago

      Sure, I am certain there are some people who feel that way.

      The person I was directly responding to was talking about people who faced both money worries and identity struggles. I think a good portion of those people are likely mostly being affected by the financial worries, and won't feel better until that is resolved.

0xcafefood  6 days ago

It's not really "lucky" to have a sense of identity outside of work. The opposite is just unhealthy, even if common.