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When losing the job feels personal
If you or someone else is in danger, call 999 or go to A&E. If you need urgent mental-health help but it is not an emergency, use NHS 111 online or call 111 and select the mental-health option.
A job can be income, routine, status, mates, purpose and identity. Losing it can therefore feel like losing far more than a payslip.
Separate what happened from who you are
Redundancy is a business event, not a measurement of your worth. That may sound obvious while still being difficult to believe when you're the one clearing the desk.
Build structure quickly
Keep a wake time, get dressed, leave the house, schedule job-search activity and protect time where you are not job hunting. Endless refreshing of vacancies can make the entire day feel like rejection.
Deal with both sides
Get practical employment/benefits/financial advice where needed and mental-health support if the impact is becoming hard to manage.
You're not the only one
Sources & further reading
- NHS Every Mind Matters — life's challenges
- NHS Every Mind Matters — mental wellbeing tips
- NHS — mental health
Educational information, not a diagnosis. Where a problem involves money, gambling, alcohol, abuse, bereavement or another specialist issue, use an appropriate specialist service as well as mental-health support where needed.