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[quote=Anonymous]My DH, too, was slow to react when he lost his job over a year ago. I resented him enormously because I did everything around the house while he pottered around doing practically nothing. Grrr.

But then he realized a job was not going to be handed to him on a silver platter and searched actively. Things are looking up and we are hopeful an opportunity will materialize soon.

The thing is, my DH suffers more from optimism and over-confidence than the reverse.
I can totally see how anxiety and low self-esteem would paralyze your DH - I have very high anxiety surrounding verbal presentations, interviews, etc.

Were I in his shoes, I would be terrified, but would do something about it.

Such as consulting a career specialist (not sure what to call them) and practice interviewing skills: they can tape him, play it back, analyze all the non-verbal and verbal cues he's sending, blah blah blah... it's extremely useful and boosts your confidence.

I also recommend the book "Landing the Job you Want, how to have the best interview of your life" (cannot recall the author) - interviewing exercises that helped my DH. He told me that his best interviews happened when he followed that book's advice.

Bite your tongue for now, and help him to help himself.[/quote]

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