I quit my toxic job without another one lined up and now I have been unemployed for four months and I am too ashamed to tell people what I am doing with my life.
More people experience this than they realize.
Work provides not just income but identity and social structure, and its absence can create shame that compounds isolation.
“Where Are You with Chronic loneliness vs. situational loneliness?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.