I was fired from my job 5 years ago. Why haven't I been able to shake it off after all of these years?

I suggest you get some short term therapy to resolve this. You should be aware that virtually everyone was fired from a job sometime or someplace and it isn't always their fault. If it is their fault, they either learn from the experience or find a job that their skills fit better. I know someone who was fired from a job early on, was out of work for a year and found another job and ended up CEO of a decent size company. You might check with your state Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services if your insurance does not cover therapy.

You, like so many others are letting someone from your past, control your future.. the result of your being fired has caused you to become self conscious of it.. now get this "YOU SHOULD NEVER ALLOW ANYONE OR ANY SITUATION HAVE A COMMAND AND CONTROL OVER YOUR EMOTIONS.. NEVER". Now how do you deal with the negative.. it is easy.. FACE it.. USE it.. EMBRACE it.. it does not define you, but it is a part of who you are.. so make it a part of you and address the issue.. next time you are set for an interview or if you are asking for a raise.. THEN BRING UP THE PAST FIRING AND USE IT AS A TOOL TO ESTABLISH THE TRUTH.. Say this.. I was fired from a position five years ago.. I was at fault and deserved it and it was the right thing for the company to do.. it is as simple as that.. (use those lines if it is true.. if you were fired for another unjustified reason then speak these words) I was fired five years ago.. I did not deserve it.. I did nothing wrong.. I perfromed my job, I did what was right.. but obviously the employer thought differently and exercised their right.. there was nothing I could do about it.. So here I am.. what you see is what you get.. Yes I got fired but so DID General McArthur.. and a few others in the world... don't judge me by what happen five years ago.. judge me by what and who I am today.. if I am good enough for you then hire me.. or give me a raise if you think I have earned it.. if you don't think I have earned it.. then tell me what I need to do to win your confidence.. LET the PAST be the past and get on with your future.. By the way.. I was fired five or six times and I am the best there is at what I was doing.. even better than the people that fired me.. but they owned the company and for whatever reason they chose.. they fired me.. one guy fired me twice.. and he loved me.. I made him rich and up until the day he died he would have told you that I made him a millionaire.. today.. I own my own company and have had to fire several people.. so what.. they all are doing quite well.. you can over come it.. just let it be.. as the Beatles sang.. LET IT BE.. LET IT BE.. good luck

it was 5yrs ago, you should move on. or you'ld live in the past forever.

r u sure the jobloss is the prolem?
or coud it b something deeper??