I stood up to my horrible manager recently (short version, they were constantly ribbing me, making disparaging comments about my work ethic, my personal hobbies, my clothes, my supposed attitude, etc) and since then they've been sweet as pie but quietly making life as difficult as possible for me.
Now every time I blink I feel like I'm gonna get some quiet, 'polite' word about something that's gonna send my already barrelling mental health further into the floor.
I just need out. I am feeling like a caged animal right now, and I don't know how long I can stand it before I just walk out in a screaming rage. I'm not very employable, because all of my really good skills lie in shit typical jobs don't want, or they want a degree in The Thing, which I don't want nor have.
Please, anyone, someone, if you got out of the grind, HOW did you do it? No hacks or tacky answers, please just tell me what you did and how it worked for you. I cannot do this anymore, I'd actually rather die at this point. It's not worth spending 30 more years like this.