Feeling worthless while being unemployed

Five months ago I quit my software developer job of 3 years due to burnout. But I'm still stressed due to recent family issues at home. AI affecting the job market makes it worse. I was supposed to recharge to bounce back but being unemployed has made me feel worthless, and I feel completely deflated. It's frustrating because during these 5 months it wasn't supposed to be stressful and now going back to job hunt feels like a real gut punch. It was pointless to leave the company. I generally enjoyed my time working there too. They were a top 100 company, the job was fully remote, but now it'll be near impossible to find a job like that in today's market. I feel like I need to start looking for a new job now because the resume gap will only increase the longer i wait (and 5 months should be enough time before job hunting again), and especially with AI threatening SWE jobs. But I feel no desire or drive to do so. I'm so mad that the stress situation didn't get any better, so I left my job for nothing. Luckily money isn't a problem, but I'm more concerned about my career. I don't know what to do :/

Author: zerquet