It's maybe your panic about being unemployed coming out using moments where you have been panicky before.
When I'm stressed I have strange recurring dreams which usually involve some kind of education where I've not done enough revising or not attended or missed an exam which, makes me panicky in the dream which i think is my subconscious panic about something coming out such as if I've got a ridiculous amount on at work.
They're often very vivid and it takes me a while to realise it is just a dream.