Question: My leader is laying off 15 employees and I'm one of them. The news was a shock

and really upset me. I tried to shrug it off but couldn't. I ended up with a terrible

tension headache and couldn't sleep last night. I've taken advil for the headache and it

didn't help. I still have the tension headache, going on 17 hours. I feel very depressed.

I went for an hour long walk and it didn't help. I don't want to be depressed and I need

to rid myself of this headache.

Answer: Being positive and getting your feeling of helplessness dispersed will get rid of

the headache, drink lots of water, keep forward thinking. Don't indulge in the 'but this

was the planned way it was going to be' frame of mind.

How can you expect yourself to ignore losing your job? By pressuring yourself to ignore

the lost job you are increasing your tension over and above the lost job.

Rather than running away from the lost job, face it. Allow yourself to get upset about

losing the job and then start looking at what you can do about it.

Once you get to the point of doing something, like updating and submitting your resume to

job sites, you will start to feel a bit better.