Anonymous wrote:So, the is the OP checking back in. It helped me feel like I'm not alone to vent a bit on here so thanks for listening.

It was a bad day and today was better. I also drank more water and took my vitamins.

I run my own business that I can do from home but usually involves going out quite a bit. The fun part is not at home.

I don't really consider myself a SAHM since the kids are usually in school full time and I work for the entire time they are in school. Having a quarantine end that is beyond my control and beyond the control of all of us.

Once upon a time I was and it was nothing like this. I went out every day, we met up with friends, we walked to the playground. I loved it.

This is different. We can't go to the playground.
We can't go to any stores or indoor play areas. Or outdoor play areas with lots of kids or museums.

I hope that those of you out there who are staying at home for the first time during this pandemic will keep in mind that this is nothing like being a SAHM usually.

And, I do have both thyroid issues and deal with anxiety and take medication for each.

But the bad days just feel very bad in quarantine because this much more limited world is like a pressure cooker. And knowing that this disease is sticking around for some unlimited amount of time is a bummer.

I did a lot of work on my business today and it felt a lot better.

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Anonymous wrote:Every couple weeks or so I'll have a day when I feel pretty depressed, and I'll try to do something to make it better, like order something good for lunch or dinner.

I try to get out of the house to the park with 3yo every day that it isn't raining buckets. I try to do calls with people (either for the kid or for me).

I cannot keep up with keeping my house clean. Even if I worked on it from morning to night and ignored the kid, I don't see how it would all get done (and I'm not willing to ignore the kid).

I'm not even working at a job, and it's still super overwhelming sometimes.

I’m currently laid off. I’d like to be doing online classes, but everything you just said is why I can’t. My husband has been working from home and has had a light schedule but won’t offer assistance during the day and has been pretending to be working during his lunch break. I found him taking a nap the other day. I don’t begrudge him not helping but it would be awesome if that hour he has off he could spell me for a few minutes. We have a very high needs child and I’m disintegrating as a adult human. He doesn’t help much more in the weekends either. He wants to do his workout and gets irritated with our child lately, so when/if I go for a run it’s utter chaos when I get home. It’s been rough.