So what was your plan B?

I mean, I assume this isn't the first time you heard that getting a college-level job with an BA in psychology may be difficult.

That said, the way you describe yourself you don't sound like the perfect PhD candidate, at this point in your life. There's many more undergrad students than PhD spots and many many more less academic permanent positions than PhD candidates. And I suspect this trend is even stronger in psychology, where I heard that in some countries many PhD positions aren't even funded.

I understand there is depression involved. That can be a double-edged sword in predicting your future performance. It may be better, because the depression was holding you down.

I hope to be a PhD candidate someday, and so far my prospects look excellent. I had mental health problems. I also was a 'stupid kid' all my life, and there was no sign I would ever be able to engage in academia. I am now doing stuff most people just are not smart or motivated enough to do. And I don't know how that happened.

My gut feeling wants to suggest to you to look into master programs that are more scientific and have better job prospects, and somehow bridge the knowledge gap. Or even do a second BSc if you have to. I don't know how realistic that is, and also your comment that you did worse at gened and science doesn't seem like this may be the best advice to you.

I am 33 and soon to graduate with a BSc in physics. I guess I should be glad that my passions, my talents and the job prospects converge. I really feel for those people that are really talented and passionate for fields of education that have poor job prospects. I would have been one of those people, had my academic record not be so terrible I couldn't even go to a low level college (probably BA in music composition).
And I do not know what advice I can give those people.

I am also not very familiar with the US system and GPA and GRE. I See people be scared with a GPA of 3.8 on physics sites. And I hear about people taking one or two years off just to practice full time for a near-perfect GRE score. It is a bit puzzling to me. But even here in Europe, there is now talk about universities not accepting their own BSc students for the MSc programme's, unless they have an above average grade (which is really odd because they let these BSc students graduate, when a BSc is not a terminal degree and basically suggests the university itself thinks the BSc degree of their own BSc programme is flawed/inferior).