u/Content-Many-9648

I had a psychotic break in 2021 and lost the ability to perform at my job, which led to my termination at said job. In the years that followed, I was in a bad state, moving around without no sense of direction until I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia by a psychiatrist in 2025. I’ve undergone treatment since then and am back to normal with medication but there is a problem I am facing: even with my skills updated, how can I get another job if there is a big break on my resume (CV)? During my time in psychosis, I morphed my resume into a CV and can summarize it back into a resume, but what do hiring teams prefer? How do I get past the notion that having a mental illness (chemical imbalance) is a limiting factor? I have tested myself and can perform the way I used to, to an even better degree (although I’d have to be in a working environment for the test to be fully reflective of the real world).