Leaving a 25-year executive career taught me that we don’t just leave a job—we often grieve an identity, a routine, and the future we expected. Because nothing “died,” few people recognize it as grief. Your article captures that invisible experience with remarkable clarity. Thank you for writing it.
Thank you for this. I’m a man, but at 57, I’ve felt this the past few years and it was branded as depression, an adjustment disorder and general anxiety and it’s all wrong. It’s grieving things that are no longer present but not as in a biological death of another being. Many of the friendships I grieve, those people are still alive. The career I retired from, public ed, I used to love, changed so much in a way that was no longer relatable that I had to retire early. 2 years later and I still feel the loss. I’m not depressed or anxious. I am grieving.
Leaving a 25-year executive career taught me that we don’t just leave a job—we often grieve an identity, a routine, and the future we expected. Because nothing “died,” few people recognize it as grief. Your article captures that invisible experience with remarkable clarity. Thank you for writing it.
Thank you for this. I’m a man, but at 57, I’ve felt this the past few years and it was branded as depression, an adjustment disorder and general anxiety and it’s all wrong. It’s grieving things that are no longer present but not as in a biological death of another being. Many of the friendships I grieve, those people are still alive. The career I retired from, public ed, I used to love, changed so much in a way that was no longer relatable that I had to retire early. 2 years later and I still feel the loss. I’m not depressed or anxious. I am grieving.
I’m speechless after reading this. I wish I had room in my finances to pay for the content, but thank you, for posting this.