Just needs a bigger ego. Whenevery I get laid off (actually just the once) I assume they are fools to do it, they must have no idea how great I am, I'm going to a better place.
True or false, its the right attitude to take with you. The alternatives - like a year of depression - are awful, and self-inflicted.
I'm glad that's true for you, but for most people, it's a pretty traumatic life event. It put the OP into a year-long depression.
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