Chapter 5. Times Does Not Heal All Wounds: The Effects of Long-Term Survivor Sickness

"Our group has been hit two or three times since October. It feels like they came back and said, 'Oops, we need some more money. Let's take some more,' and then, 'Oops, let's take more.' I don't know when they are going to stop, I don't see the end. There's no light at the end of the tunnel that you can say, 'If I can just take it until here, then I'll be happy.'"

Time, it would appear, does not heal all wounds. In order to assess the impact of time on layoff survivor symptoms, a second study took place at the same organization five years after the initial ...

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