"It was heartbreaking": Why getting fired can wreak havoc on your self-esteem

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Looking back, Samhita Mukhopadhyay is pretty sure she had a nervous breakdown after she got fired from her management job. She experienced intense chest pain, an inability to get out of bed and exacerbated coping mechanisms like drinking too much and eating to numb her feelings.

“It was pretty profound. I really took it as this referendum on who I am as a person, what my contributions are,” said Mukhopadhyay, speaking from her home in New York. “That was a really hard thing to face.”

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