The world seems unsafe and unfair
Life IS unfair. I know that. But, due to anxiety, feeling unsafe is very scary.
I lost a great job, laid off, in 2010. A job I studied for, took classes for. I was making a great salary for a female in the South. I felt proud of my job. But, new CEO came in (another disgusting story), and I was among those laid off. I needed health benefits asap, since I'd had a melanoma removed 5 months prior to layoff.
Found a comparable job in the next state. 25k salary cut. But, we found a beautiful condo we rented, and loved. The job was okay, but the salary was low-ish. Started looking around, and found a job a few hundred miles away that paid 10k more.
Moved, lost beautiful condo. New job was pretty bad. But, I just found out the job I just left position would have been eliminated due to a merger! IOW, I would have been laid off a second time in two years! I don't think. With my mental issues, I could have gone through another layoff. So, as bad as this job was, at least I left disabled and wasn't struck off in layoffs. So, that's something, I guess.
Corporations absolutely should be punished for layoffs. They destroy lives.
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But like heroin, we just cannot seem to stop doing it. It has taken control of us so completely that we cannot even stop ourselves from picking a flower when we see it. Because WE have to have it and screw anyone else being able to see and enjoy it. It is a disease without a cure... except the sure is to stop. But... 
Glad you are doing well now, though!
