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I felt like that when I got laid off last year.
I’d have so much trouble sleeping that I picked up an ‘early morning walk’ routine because I knew all my tossing and turning was keeping my wife up.
I’d also do this thing where I’d go to the grocery store and get ingredients for a really complex dinner, make the thing for me and my wife, and then I wouldn’t be hungry when it came time to eat it.
‘Be kind to yourself’ was the lesson I had to learn. In my head there was all this judgement, regret, and shame. Once I could accept that was all in my head, and that most people just felt bad this happened to me and wanted to see me do well, I was able to sleep and eat and escape the mania.
I got into a very grief state like the last time I got laid off... I got very depressed
I relate to this. Couldn’t get unmedicated sleep the first week and woke up and had to remind myself what happened and it felt like a bad dream.
Everyone goes through the five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.
I went through a lot of bargaining -- taking crap pay because I needed money. Hell, I even considered applying to the mall while waiting on freelance/recruiter calls.
Funny enough, those are the AI stages of rampancy.
It doesn’t get any easier unfortunately… I’ve been laid off 3-4 times for things out for my control whether it was the loss of an account of a startup lost funding or pivoted. I agree though, be kind to yourself and keep going no matter what. Keep exploring new avenues to stability. Step out of your comfort zone.
Getting laid off with severance was actually exactly what I wanted. The agency in my username here was a mess, where leadership was so out of touch with the technicalities and timing of our process, so projects often felt frantic. It’s actually pushed me to apply for the Self-Employment Assistance Program or SEAP, offered by the NY Dept of Labor. Basically the state pays me while I train to start my own business. The way things are going for creatives now, good timing 👍
This is exactly why I’m trying to get out of this industry.
yessss i tried to K word My self
Sending support. Layoffs are so brutal and mess with our self-worth.
For me, sleep was my escape. It’s when I woke up that brought it crashing back down. My alcohol intake went up and I put on weight. I didn’t do any of the things the books said to do: exercise MORE, eat healthy, realize you are not the reason you were let go, etc.
Every time it happens I get better at it, (every 10 years or so over my career) but it’s still the classic 5 stages of grief/loss/death we all go through.
I think I’ve reached the point of knowing that no matter how great I am at what I do, I’m expendable. And my age shows that the time I’ve spent in the field is already way beyond the typical ending point. Just hanging on to finish my mortgage and move on to retirement, downsizing and leaving this thankless field behind.
That seems like a reasonable response. I had a similar reaction my first time.
I was pushed out by a group that I believe to be actively engaged in fraud. I still have my pride and now, if you don’t mind, I’m gonna make my kids some “Dad’s Pride” sandwiches.
Holy smokes!
I'm sorry that happened to you. Just know that everyone goes through it and you WILL find another job.
It’s the hardest part of doing the job
Oh same.
I don’t eat when I am out of work. Can easily lose 10-15lbs with anxiety and sleeplessness. It’s kept me thin in my 40’s and kept costs down, but I don’t recommend this route.