I vaguely understand that workplace stress can be debilitating, but I don't have a clear understanding of this issue.
Would you mind shedding a bit of light on your story?
It used to take months to debug a program to get it right with quality and security checks. Management suddenly wanted it done in weeks instead of months. Most programs were written in spaghetti code, with no comments, no documentation, and I had to fix all of that. I was moved into a new position called legacy software and any program that was messed up became legacy software.
I worked extra long hours, I took some work home to try and make the deadlines. I was under a lot of stress and I even had dreams about the code. I had problems sleeping, and had to go to work while I was sleepy. On June 2001 I experienced my first delusion. I thought I heard two airliners crash into our office tower one after the other. I freaked out and had a panic attack. Went to a mental hospital after others didn't hear the plane crashes. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and placed on short-term disability. I was told that the stress at work had triggered a stroke and caused some damage and I developed this mental illness that is rare (Less than 0.5% of the population has it). On September 11, 2001 while I was recovering at home on short-term disability I saw the two planes crash into the WTC and it sounded just like my delusion. I was scared, and the people at my work must have been scared that I heard two planes crash into our building, and then 911 happens a few months later.
I return to work in November 2001, my cubical is gone, they move me to this open space near a bookshelf and give me even more work. I had another panic attack and was told by my boss to "Snap out of it or you are fired!" and I couldn't snap out of it so security escorted me out of the building and I was fired.
After that it has been hard finding work, when I apply I am 'overqualified' even if the company makes a public statement that they can't find qualified people and have to hire H1B Visa workers to fill jobs. If I did get hired, they keep me on only to debug their programs and get them to the next level and then fire me.
I don't understand why I was treated that way, and I've always been nice to people and helping them out.
But I ended up on disability in 2003 because I am unemployable, can't find a job that would be willing to work with me through my mental illness and keep me on.
As mchaver suggested, if you do want to look for remote work, I have a list of sites that can be of help :
https://weworkremotely.com/ http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs?allowsremote=true http://www.authenticjobs.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring https://remoteok.io http://www.workingnomads.co/jobs http://jobmote.com/ http://dice.com http://authenticjobs.com http://www.reddit.com/r/forhire http://wfh.io
I just need to find something I am good at and doing it remotely, I am out of practice with my skill sets.