In dealing with the impact of job loss, one of the more difficult responses you may have to becoming unemployed may be stress. It should be remembered that stress is typically a constant of one's life, and can take many forms.
What is important in the case of how you manage stress associated with job loss is how you deal with it. Stress is not an event; it is your body's non-specific response to an event, in this case job- loss and the various stressors which come with this situation.