Being sacked is the beginning of an emotional journey. Through a chaos of feelings, ways of personal behavior and reaction. From my own personal experience there seem to be a kind of a pattern. Starting out with a phase of being in shock, emptiness and a lot of why's going into despairing, frustration, anger and anxiety for the future. After a while a kind of acceptance related to the new situation builds up which moves into attempts to look forward, to do something forward-looking trying to establish a new setting. This development is challenged constantly and there are many relapses, some more serious than others.
Jay Capelle, Wisconsin USA very well describes this tour of emotions in this interview made by Associated Press.
