Unemployment depression: how to fight it?

Recent studies have shown that a high percent of individuals develop depression within six months of becoming unemployed. The main symptoms presented by patients after the loss of a job are insomnia, anxiety, stress, sadness and depression.

Author Sera Redmonds, who addresses mental health topics, states: “It's been seen in the surveys that depression has tightened its grip around the unemployed lot more than ever. When people find their dreams crashing down because of not getting a proper employment, they lose their grip over their emotions and become overwhelmed with sorrow, grief and hopelessness, a condition we refer to as Depression.”

Stuart Schneiderman, a former psychoanalyst who's now an executive coach, gives the following tips to fight unemployment depression:

1. Maintain a routine.
2. Exercise.
3. Keep a job search journal: this can help you realize all the effort that you have been doing.
4. Reach out to people.
5. Attend a support group.
6. Participate in productive distractions.
7. Seek inspiration
8. Persevere
9. Get professional help
10. Maintain Work-Life balance: it is important to find ways to define yourself other than your job.