Powerful reframe on what career damage actually looks like now. The shift from rejection to ambiguity really captures what's exhausting about 2026, it's that suspended state where nothing resolves cleanly. I've noticed this "emotional debt" concept in my own field where the most demoralized folks aren't the ones who got laid off, but the ones stuck in prolonged uncerainty loops.
Powerful reframe on what career damage actually looks like now. The shift from rejection to ambiguity really captures what's exhausting about 2026, it's that suspended state where nothing resolves cleanly. I've noticed this "emotional debt" concept in my own field where the most demoralized folks aren't the ones who got laid off, but the ones stuck in prolonged uncerainty loops.