How do you avoid feeling like an outcast?

I once heard a person state that when they tell someone that they are “in transition”, they feel like a leper with people thinking, “Unclean! Unclean! … What is Wrong with HIM?”

In the best of times, whatever the reason was that you were whacked, being unemployed is a dark and painful time. Your self-esteem is hit with two-by-four pieces of wood. As time goes on with few results, deep down you cannot help but to wonder if the problem is “me” or “Perhaps I really am a leper.”

In the worst of times, you are not alone. More people understand and sympathize – perhaps because they fear that they may soon be joining you at the unemployment office. But this does not change how you feel. For many, these may be the darkest days that they have ever experienced.

In reality, you may be struggling to change the fact that you are unemployed but you can begin by changing your perception and attitude.

How are you viewing your situation? What is your attitude about your future?