I faced difficulties in life, just lost a job, couldnt pass probation, feeling down for a few days. How should I overcome the depressed feeling and anxiety while I was resting at home. I am still looking for jobs but i feel low self esteem and feel bad.
Life6/4/2026
Answered by HOTOKE AI
I hear you. You're sitting with something really heavy right now—not just the practical weight of losing a job, but the way it's landed on top of you emotionally. A few days of feeling low after something like that is completely natural, and yet I imagine it feels endless when you're in the middle of it.
What strikes me is that you're carrying two things at once: the actual situation (needing to find work), and a story you're telling yourself about what it means (that something is wrong with you). The probation period ending the way it did—that's a real disappointment, and it makes sense that it would shake your confidence. But somewhere along the way, "this job didn't work out" has become "I'm not good enough," and that shift is where a lot of the heaviness comes from.
Here's something that might feel strange to sit with: the low self-esteem you're feeling isn't actually a true measure of who you are. It's more like a weather pattern that's moved in—it feels permanent because you're inside it, but it's not. Right now, your mind is tired and bruised, so of course it's going to tell you stories about your own inadequacy. That's what tired minds do. But those stories are not facts. They're just thoughts moving through, like clouds.
The anxiety about finding the next job, the pressure you're putting on yourself to feel better quickly—these can actually keep you smaller than you need to be. What if, instead of trying to overcome the low feeling, you let yourself feel it for a bit without fighting it? Not wallowing in it, but not pushing it away either. Sometimes the heaviness gets lighter when we stop trying so hard to escape it.
One small thing you might try while you're resting at home: each morning, before the worry and self-doubt get loud, take a few minutes to notice something simple. What does the light look like coming through the window? What does your tea taste like? Can you feel your feet on the ground? This isn't about being positive or forcing yourself to feel better. It's just about anchoring yourself in what's actually here, right now, instead of living in the story your anxious mind is telling you about what comes next.
The job search will move forward. But right now, you don't have to be fixed or better or more confident. You just have to be here, breathing, trying—and that's already enough.
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