Frieslander wrote:
. . . I make pretty good eye contact; I just have a horrible gap in my employment record because of anxiety, depression, anxiety-based paranoia, and a little basic paranoia made it nearly impossible to have a regular paying job for almost 12 (!) years. Doing much better now.
I hate to say it, but basically have a socially acceptable lie such as 'taking care of members of my family.' And that is often good enough, and maybe have one sentence prepared for back-up, and that's enough. Beyond that, it is your private business.
Still a numbers game, even more so in today's economy.