I think/hope that I may finally be approaching a point where my brain can handle the thought of rejoining the workforce without immediately dissolving into a soupy, bubbling mess...

But how to handle the question that is inevitably going to be tabled, should I get as far as an interview? Namely, what the heck were you doing for the x years break in your 'career' (whilst your brain was fine tuning the process of dissolving into the earlier mentioned soupy, bubbling mess)?

Every fiber of my being is screaming 'reveal as little as possible', but I simply don't see any way of avoiding it? I know that there are laws ostensibly designed to protect those affected by MI, but I've also been around long enough to have seen plenty of examples where such protections are simply skirted around & personal information revealed is used against you, rather than to enhance your productivity...