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There are those who withdraws into its shell until you do not get out nearly as much of the house. And who feels like he had never heard before: inadequate, insecure, more fragile. There are those who blame, wrongly, for what happened to him, and those who tend to get sick more often. The ways of reacting may be different. For all, however, the hardest thing is to regain confidence in themselves. “The loss of a job is a traumatic event that has implications for the psychological, social, relational, and in some cases is comparable to a death – explains Ines Giorgi, head of the Department of Psychology of the Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia -: the dismissal undermines its own professional identity, their own beliefs, relationships with family members and more generally with other people. Stress is also more severe if staying at home is a fifty old. ‘

What might be the consequences, both physical and mental? In some cases, according to experts, one can speak of a true “post-traumatic syndrome”, accompanied by the related symptoms. “From a drop of mood, insomnia, a sense of loss, to depression, lack of energy and social withdrawal: there is often a tendency to blame themselves, almost ashamed of what has happened” says Ines Giorgi.

Over time, then, we are witnessing an aggravation of symptoms: “You go to dall’inappetenza gastrointestinal disorders, loss of memory for all syndromes, somatization, lower immunity and therefore the easier to get sick. It goes without saying, finally, that job loss is all the more tragic as it is less labor mobility. “

So the trauma affects the social role and self-esteem
According to the approach of social psychology, the individual tends to build a self-representation that is based on the roles they perceive as its own: it allows them to develop confidence, giving him the chance of a proper social integration. And here is that job loss will affect both aspects: the role of social and self-esteem.

The negative effects on to mental and physical health
There is also a Swedish research shows that the link between a traumatic event and the onset of serious problems on a psychic level. “One study, conducted by Lena Johansson and colleagues at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), investigated the relationship between psychosocial stressors such as divorce, work problems, unemployment and the incidence of developing a form of dementia” , explains the specialist foundation Maugeri.
And here’s a summary of the survey, carried out on women. The authors monitored for 40 years, 800 women study participants aged between 38 and 54 years old recording, at the end of the study, 153 cases of dementia, including 104 with Alzheimer’s type: the data collected and analyzed led to suppose the ‘existence of a link between stressful life events and the development of dementia.

Scientific Investigation of negative consequences for companies and working environment
Even companies working atmosphere and interior are not immune from the consequences related to episodes of dismissal from a study conducted by David Edwards , manager of the Drake International (a consulting company in the field of human resources), it is clear that, following the downsizing of staff, we are witnessing a decline in motivation and a decline in productivity. Even those who remain employed in a company where there have been staff reductions, it tends to be discouraged for fear that it will happen to him and instead of feeling stimulated to produce, it is demotivating. This leads to a working atmosphere of tension, mistrust and a decrease in loyalty to the company by the employee.

There is more in need of care, but the salary is missing: thus increase the social costs
Preiti According to Nicholas, a neurologist and national coordinator of the FP-CGIL, practitioners agreement, in addition to the psychological aspects, we have to consider also another important aspect: “If a person is out of work, there is a reduced ability to heal because there is no money. It is paradoxical – detects the neurologist – when the salary is less, increases the need for care and treatment, and at the same time the former employee must meet the ordinary expenses of maintenance. An explosive situation, which is likely to have socio-economic impacts, since the first expenses to be cut, they are often those for health and prevention. “

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