I've been unemployed for almost six months now, and honestly, I feel like I've forgotten what I'm even good at. I’ve navigated the benefits side of things, but this is more about how my confidence has taken a hit. Around the five-month mark, I realized I struggled to answer basic interview questions about my strengths. It’s not nerves; I just don’t believe my own answers anymore. After nine months of rejections, it feels like I was never really good at anything to begin with and that I just got lucky once, but the market has corrected that mistake. I used to speak about my work with confidence, but now, every time I’m asked why someone should hire me, it feels like I’m lying to myself. I know some of this is just the grind wearing me down, but I’m curious if anyone else has managed to rebuild their sense of self-worth while still being unemployed, before landing a job that reminds them of their value. Right now, I can’t seem to interview my way out of this funk while feeling so unconvinced of myself.
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