That sounds pretty rough to me! Do you ever regret your choice? I’m sorry you had to go through that.
I’ve handled a decent amount of stress in my life, so I would say that I know how to handle stress. However, I don’t think I would handle stress due to lack of health insurance very well. This would most definitely not contribute positively to my mental health.
I was hoping that moving to Europe might actually assuage some of the stress related to health insurance that finding an alternative job here might have. I’d be moving to The Netherlands which is supposed to have an excellent health care system. I’d have to pay out of pocket for my Dex though.