Unemployment is nearly always an unpleasant and disorienting experience. You feel rejected and despondent because it feels like you as a person no longer have a role --you no longer fit and it makes you feel as what you have to contribute is no longer important. It is not easy to feel this way particularly in a society that so values people according to their salary and their ability to afford a middle-class lifestyle. You wonder when you will ever be able to support yourself as you worry about where the next dollar is coming from.