Maintaining mental health during unemployment and uncertainty.

Hi all.

In the past I've gone through a cycle on a mental health care plan to address moderate anxiety prompted by career changes. Im in my late 20s, single - I was in a major depressive state, due to the uncertainty and managing the process of finding new employment - and the whole self critical aspects of the process. I had anxiety before this, but the situation of this major change amplified it through the roof.

Last time 3 years ago, I left my job and also the industry, after facing severe stress due to working conditions and lack of support from my employer at the time - it was my first graduate corporate work and was there 4.5 years . I then sought to change careers, and had been working in a new sector since up until October.

Im now back in the situation of the job search process, and I find my self lurching back to unhelpful patterns of anxiety - eg helplessness, self criticism and comparison- when I was job searching last time. Im not working currently and im wondering what has helped you or you would recommend to maintain a healthy mental health mindset during this process of job searching and etc - as the process and decisions feel like the weight of the world at times.