I wish I had some better suggestions. I agree that doing activities you enjoy can help get your mind off things for a bit, but sadly the toxic work situation is still there until you can find something else. When I was in that awful work situation, I could enjoy myself a bit over the weekend doing fun things, but by Sunday afternoon I would end up with a sense of dread thinking about having to go back to work.

The only thing that helped me – I would describe my state then as unraveling too and I didn’t realize how bad it was – was first paid psych leave for about a month and a half, and eventually being let go after about two weeks from what I back from leave. But, I recognize that I was extremely lucky that where I live we have protections with an indefinite work contract. Unless you are let go for serious misconduct, you receive severance pay based on time worked. I am also collecting unemployment insurance. If I were still working there, I don’t even want to think what kind of mental state I’d be in right now.

Do you have any sort of option to at least take a bit of time off to decompress? Toxic workplaces can take such a toll on both mental and physical health. My supervisor was allowed to do whatever she wanted and upper management just let her. Her superiors never seemed to question the high turnover in the department. Interestingly, though, when I and the other guy that was let go went to meet with the HR woman at the notary, her attitude was really nice and understanding, like she sort of knew it was BS what happened to us, but couldn’t really do anything. And, with our department she had seen it so many times before!

If you can’t take time off or leave that toxic place for now, I’d concentrate as much energy as possible on looking for something better. That can be hard sometimes, I know, when the work situation is wearing you down. Also, will you be able to get back into therapy soon? They should be able to help you with some coping techniques too. Take care of yourself, hugs!