How I Recovered After Being Fired — No Apologies, Just Boundaries
- Karen Waleska
- 4 may
- 3 Min. de lectura
Actualizado: hace 4 horas
When Silence Becomes the Loudest Part of the Story
Before I could name the loss, I had to face the quiet it left behind.
On January 15, 2025, a last-minute Teams meeting appeared on my calendar.
No subject line.
No context.
Just dread.
At 2:30 p.m., I logged in.
The camera was on.
Two people were waiting.
And within minutes, everything shifted:
A vague policy.
A final written warning I had already disproven.
A cold goodbye.
Their tone was routine.
For me, it was a rupture.
They ended the call and said I could “process it” for the rest of the day.
Then they logged off.
And I sat there — fired, blindsided, and painfully silent.
That moment became the starting point of recovering after being fired in a way I never expected.
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The Email That Arrived Too Late and Too Intentionally
Weeks after the firing, a new message appeared in my inbox. No message — just an attachment titled:
Termination of Employment 1.15.25.pdf.
It came from someone I once trusted. Let’s call her Velma
The timestamp made no sense.
The delay felt intentional.
And the pain?
It came rushing back — sharp, familiar, and humiliating.
This wasn’t an accident.
It was a pattern.
And patterns reveal the truth we’re not meant to see.
Has a delayed message ever reopened something you were working hard to heal?
The Boundary Email That Returned My Power
This time, I didn’t freeze.
I wrote back — simply, clearly, and without apology:
“Receiving this message now has done nothing but relive a moment I’ve worked hard to process. I ask that you not contact me again about this matter.”
The reply was dismissive — predictable, even — but irrelevant.
Because in that moment, I realized something life-changing:
I no longer needed closure from people who erased me.
I no longer needed validation from people who misrepresented me.
I no longer needed permission to move forward.
Healing isn’t about getting an apology.
It’s about giving yourself permission to stop explaining.
Healing isn’t about getting an apology — it’s about giving yourself permission to stop explaining.
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The Beginning of Recovering After Being Fired
If you’ve been fired without warning, support, or explanation—please hear me:
You are not broken.
You are not behind.
You are not weak for being hurt.
You were betrayed—not failed.
You were silenced—and now, you get to speak.
This blog is not just for closure. It’s a mirror. If you’ve been fired without a face, this space was created so your story no longer has to end in silence.
“Some things aren’t glitches. They’re patterns.”
And you are finally allowed to name what happened to you.
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