Make a plan. Then start small. Do something. Go for a walk. Then do a little bit. That’s the only cure. The doing: it opens doors, it frees your mind, it turns a misty dark future ahead into an open road with a cinematic sunset.
And our cinematic sunset is the offer of professional qualifications, doing something for yourself, studying at home, expert tuition and guidance, online classes and resources, extra study supports, meeting new people, learning new things and having a new routine.
My mother used to say that if something took 12 weeks to complete, well you’ll have to live through those 12 weeks anyway, so you might as well come out the end with something. (Then again she said an awful lot of other twaddle as well so can’t be totally trusted.)