Hi, sorry to hear of your difficulties.
One of the fields where it is still possible to self educate is technology; I am lucky to have an interest in this otherwise I am not sure what i'd be doing for money. Getting entry level experience can still be a slog, but once you get in a few years, job are more challenging and you can be doing self study all the while to move up faster. Just one thought.

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