How do you escape this vicious cycle? All I've come up with is drinking.
Edit: I got my last job by downing two shots before the interview...
And of course, as soon as I lost the job, I lost the health insurance and had to suddenly go cold turkey off multiple psychiatric meds.
I want to say America is fucked. But in Canada, the waiting list for a practice is months if not years, and most insurances don't cover a lot of psychotherapy. Universal healthcare does not cover mental health, dental health, or eye health here.