This is the risk.
A year ago you would have been fine, but in this environment you're competing against a lot of people who have been working the entire time.
From an interviewer's perspective: I've hired a few people after long gaps with very mixed results. Some people get right back into the job with renewed career vigor. Some people really, really struggle to get back to work after a long break. Some of them aren't interested in anything more than collecting a paycheck and benefits to restore their savings for the next sabbatical, which will occur whenever the company finally gets tired of their non-performance and fires them.
That's the risk for employers: It's hard to know the real reason that somebody had a gap on their resume because everyone has a good story to tell in the interview.