I hate Quora as it forces people to sign up just to even read the content. I could just remove the DOM element in the inspector but I shouldn't have to. So I shall post my reply here.

I once got fired from a job unexpectedly. and it was terrible, It not only meant I had no income to pay the rent etc. But all my direct debits bounced causing more debt and the benefits in the UK took about 4 weeks to kick in after I had to jump through hoops and hoops.

I found myself slightly depressed for about 2 weeks, not moving from my bed and sleeping most days. Luckily I run a blog that kept me active-ish and I slowly pulled out from my stupor.