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<blockquote data-quote="kennedy" data-source="post: 2896441" data-attributes="member: 7176"><p>Sorry to hear about your situation. I recently went through the same thing. I was fired in October and I didn't get another good paying job until January. I was lucky and had a friend whose dad owns his own painting company and he put me to work for a few months (something is better than nothing). </p><p></p><p>Our backgrounds are very similar. No college, just high school. I learned how to do things by rolling up my sleeves and digging in. I assume this is how you learned as well? I was a mechanic for several years and then made a change to another field of assembly. From there, I went on and learned to be a machinist with the same company, on to lead man and then onto supervisor and then made a transition into a training role for the company. Out of the blue, they decided they didn't need me anymore. It was a big hit to me and my family. Financial loss, loss of friends, feeling of security gone, future plans, betrayal and so on. I dedicated a lot of time to that company and even had my wife start working there and my son in the summer. He was planning on going full time with them and utilizing their college tuition program. As you can see, turmoil. I thought "how could this happen to me". I was severely depressed and thought of myself as a failure. This all was very far from who I am. I started a post on here and a lot of people talked with me and prayed for me. This is a great community with a lot of caring individuals. Don't be afraid to talk to people about this, there's nothing wrong with you. Your brain is just a little mixed up right now. Think back to how you learned your current skill set. You sound like a guy like me who if they put their mind to it, they can learn and accomplish anything. </p><p></p><p>Once I started my new job, which had nothing to do with my recently deceased job, i ha to learn an entire new skill set. Over the years you have learned a lot of skills that will crossover into many different skill sets. The one that isn't taught is endurance. Sooner or later in life you get hit, he weak stay down...the strong might be dazed by the punch, but they will get back up and start swinging back. Was it frightening, absolutely. This is where family and friends come in huge. Talk to them, stay connected with them and you'll get your mind right and be able to attack this. A good counselor that helped me a lot told me "fake it until you make it". At the time I didn't know what he meant. After a few months, i realized exactly what he was telling me. He was saying, get back in there, put on a smile, give it everything you have because quitting is not an option and sooner or later...everything will work out fine.</p><p></p><p>This week I started working on getting off my meds. The doctors say you are supposed to ween yourself off of them slowly. Nope, cold turkey for me. I've gone 5 days now without them and I'm doing great. Hang in there and if you need to talk, hit me up anytime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kennedy, post: 2896441, member: 7176"] Sorry to hear about your situation. I recently went through the same thing. I was fired in October and I didn't get another good paying job until January. I was lucky and had a friend whose dad owns his own painting company and he put me to work for a few months (something is better than nothing). Our backgrounds are very similar. No college, just high school. I learned how to do things by rolling up my sleeves and digging in. I assume this is how you learned as well? I was a mechanic for several years and then made a change to another field of assembly. From there, I went on and learned to be a machinist with the same company, on to lead man and then onto supervisor and then made a transition into a training role for the company. Out of the blue, they decided they didn't need me anymore. It was a big hit to me and my family. Financial loss, loss of friends, feeling of security gone, future plans, betrayal and so on. I dedicated a lot of time to that company and even had my wife start working there and my son in the summer. He was planning on going full time with them and utilizing their college tuition program. As you can see, turmoil. I thought "how could this happen to me". I was severely depressed and thought of myself as a failure. This all was very far from who I am. I started a post on here and a lot of people talked with me and prayed for me. This is a great community with a lot of caring individuals. Don't be afraid to talk to people about this, there's nothing wrong with you. Your brain is just a little mixed up right now. Think back to how you learned your current skill set. You sound like a guy like me who if they put their mind to it, they can learn and accomplish anything. Once I started my new job, which had nothing to do with my recently deceased job, i ha to learn an entire new skill set. Over the years you have learned a lot of skills that will crossover into many different skill sets. The one that isn't taught is endurance. Sooner or later in life you get hit, he weak stay down...the strong might be dazed by the punch, but they will get back up and start swinging back. Was it frightening, absolutely. This is where family and friends come in huge. Talk to them, stay connected with them and you'll get your mind right and be able to attack this. A good counselor that helped me a lot told me "fake it until you make it". At the time I didn't know what he meant. After a few months, i realized exactly what he was telling me. He was saying, get back in there, put on a smile, give it everything you have because quitting is not an option and sooner or later...everything will work out fine. This week I started working on getting off my meds. The doctors say you are supposed to ween yourself off of them slowly. Nope, cold turkey for me. I've gone 5 days now without them and I'm doing great. Hang in there and if you need to talk, hit me up anytime. [/QUOTE]
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