That's quite an adjustment. Maybe if you thought about it as starting a new job you could get some perspective on the changes. My advice is to ask yourself are you working at home or living at the office? Either one is a big change. Give yourself some time. Take it easy on yourself. You're doing great by just acknowledging the issue of work invading your safe haven of home. It gets better. Hang in there! You can do it.

A lot of people are having to work from home right now, so you are certainly not alone in your struggles. Just know that this is only temporary, and that you are doing the best you can. Is there a corner of your apartment that you can make your own home office? Decorate it if you can. Tape some fun and happy stuff on the walls. Get your chair and desk all set up. Put on your favorite music if that cheers you up. Or a funny tv show in the background. Make a pot of coffee, if you drink that. Try to have fun with it. It's all in your mind set, and you have control over how you think. You got this! Treat it like a new adventure. You get to work in your pajamas! LoL.

I got some work done everyday, but it's not as much as I would if I were in the office. So now I'm starting to panic about all the work piling up.

My hubby is middle management on the tech teams that are keeping you connected.

The circuits are shorting out all over this internet trial by fire. Him, included.

Prayers in progress. . . My "Not Working" domestic status has never felt like harder work. For sure, it is "Not Working" more than ever. I gotta try to stabilize Robocop on the housewife not-working-plan. Where are my flowers and bon bons, Honey Bunch? I'm feeling an extra need for my not working benefits. Not Working was far less work when middle management stayed behind the corporate security desk.

Hi Cheryl,

I had to work from home one day last week before my bosses decided that I was in the "essential" category and told me to go back to the office.

I definitely feel your pain on having difficulty getting work done. I felt the same way that day. I just could not get my brain into "work" mode.

I second what Girl in Calif. said. If at some point I'm told to work from home again, I would have to treat it just like I'm going to the office.

I might even go as far as to get dressed in work clothes, decaf coffee into the same work mug - basically the whole morning routine. Then I would have to carve out some kind of "office" space and do the same office routine as I would normally do.

I would also have to ship the kids off to the grandparents because that day I had to watch them and try to "work." Well, that didn't go too well.

Hope it works out for you and it will only be temporary.

Hi CherlyMc: Thanks for sharing. It is through sharing that many of us, like me, learn of the many real but possible anxieties and complications that are coming out of this pandemic.

I think the information already shared on this site is profound. I have always liked working at home so it is difficult for me to relate. But having experienced anxiety I will offer the concept of prayer. I use it when I realize I'm not in control (never have been) and I turn my thoughts to the One that is.

It takes humility to accept this premise but it will develop character and character builds hope, and hope does not disappoint us (Romans 5:4-5).

Thank you all for your responses. I caved and move everything back to my office. I just don't have the space necessary to get into the same groove I do at work regardless of my brain getting into work mode.

@Sunnierdays, I'm glad you are back into the swing of things at work. I normally have so much to do on any given day,so I've lost days of work. Now I'm worried about how I'm going to catch up.

Keep doing what's best for you CherylMc. It sounds like you reduced your stress by moving your work stuff back to the office. Sounds like you just removed one stressor. Please believe you make good decisions for yourself and others. I believe it.