What about complete retraining, via study or traineeship? I'm going this way for similar reasons. I will NOT return to the industry I was in before I got sick. Now recovered, my only real choice is complete career change.
If you think you don't have any skills, retraining to acquire new ones in a new area could open things up for you.
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Alexithymia - 147 points.
Low-Verbal.