[Jackie07]

Dana,

Thanks for sharing your story. Yes, it is very, very normal. And the emotion has to be dealt with.

Two years after I had lost my job as a result of my first brain surgery, I burst out crying uncontrollably in front of a rehabilitation counselor. His comment? "You have an unresolved psychological complex and need to go see a doctor." I cried even harder when I talked to the staff at a public-funded facility a couple of days later. So they sent me to see another person...

I think they were trying to 'desensitize' me, because each time a new staff would ask me the exact same question, "how did you lose your job?" But it worked. Because after telling strangers about my story several times, the crying spell stopped.

And you think this time when I lost my job after recurring breast cancer treatment I would have dealt with it better? Not really. It could be that I am just a cry baby - which I trully am. But it is really sort of like PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), and it's going to take time and effort to get over it.

This board is a big help... Again, thanks for sharing, and I hope you feel a little better each day.