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When unemployment becomes obsessive job searching

I lost my job three months ago and I keep refreshing job boards at 3am even though I know nothing new will be posted, and I cannot figure out if this is hope or just compulsion.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The search for control in uncontrollable circumstances has become a prison of repetitive action that substitutes for genuine agency.

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