Don’t know your situation in details but i would say that the main problem is that you feel like you’re in a bind. As in: you feel you can’t afford to not work

Don’t know your situation in details but i would say that the main problem is that you feel like you’re in a bind. As in: you feel you can’t afford to not work financially, but mentally you feel you can’t afford to continue working. These are contradictory so one of these two needs to give. So there are two ways out of this: 1. You mentally can’t afford to work, so you should make it possible to quit/take sabbatical. Ask Parents/friends for help. They may host you for a bit, and not paying for housing will cut your expenses by a lot. Or maybe you have some savings you may tap into. This is what savings are for. Don’t bargain your mental health for cash. Moving to cheaper areas / countries is also a way. Like a sabbatical in thailand will cost you much less than living in the bay. You may also work in a farm abroad or something, they pay for your housing / food and you work for them while traveling. I think there are plenty of options there. 2. You financially can’t afford to not work, so you need to make it possible to work without deteriorating your mental health. Stick to the bare minimum. Tell your boss you moved 1.5 hours from work, so you need to leave at 5pm to feed the cats or whatever. It will feel you betray your coworkers, but when they start to also leave at 5pm (including your boss) they’ll be more grateful than angry at you. I have seen this pattern several times. If they fire you, you’ll get unemployment benefits. My personal opinion, but again I don’t know your situation, is that it is very rare to be in a financial situation so dire that you absolutely can’t stay off work. I know some people who have jobs paying more than 50k/y, some savings, and still actually fear ending up in the street if they lose their jobs. It’s the way the job market works. Get people to fear/despise joblessness and exploit the shit out of them. In facts people are pretty resilient to hardship. Don’t fall for that trap. You’ll be more happy in a worse neighborhood not doing anything than in a shitty job. Anyways, not sure all of these apply to you, but, yes I guess the important is to realize where the knot is... Good luck!