Has lockdown easing made you worse?

Working from home has been great. Work communication happens when there is something that needs communicating. No pointless chitter chatter about stuff that doesn't concern my job to distract me. Not that I don't like my colleagues; I do, but I can focus better without their babble about football or East Enders, which hold zero interest for me.

My boss is lovely. He keeps worrying we might all be feeling socially isolated... errr.... not really in my case. All my hobbies are at home and I'm getting more time to spend on them without 3 hours or more sitting on a bus every day. I'm equipped to cope at home. And should I feel lonely.. well, that's what zoom and telephones are for. I'm not worried about social contact, but I don't need it much either.

I am honestly VERY worried about going back to the commute. The job is easy and I like it, but that commute takes every last scrap of energy out of me, such that I get nothing out of my time off at the best of times.

But what scares me most, given my medical phobias, is that COVID is still out there and I don't get my 2nd jab till the 8th. I am still too frightened to take public transport, never mind spend all day in a enclosed space with others. I'm only just about daring to go for a daily walk.

I miss my son, though.

As for the way forward...baby steps, I'd have thought - one tiny thing a day or a week to build up confidence, I guess. Even all the NTs on our team are worried. They are telling me about how strange and disconcerted they felt going into a non-essential shop for the first time and all feel they need normality to return SLOWLY. I guess, we're lucky to have jobs and a boss which lend themselves to those baby step. Meanwhile, my poor boss, who I think is someone who needs social contact, did organise a team pic-nic in the park, but there was no pressure to go.

Working from home has been great. Work communication happens when there is something that needs communicating. No pointless chitter chatter about stuff that doesn't concern my job to distract me. Not that I don't like my colleagues; I do, but I can focus better without their babble about football or East Enders, which hold zero interest for me.

My boss is lovely. He keeps worrying we might all be feeling socially isolated... errr.... not really in my case. All my hobbies are at home and I'm getting more time to spend on them without 3 hours or more sitting on a bus every day. I'm equipped to cope at home. And should I feel lonely.. well, that's what zoom and telephones are for. I'm not worried about social contact, but I don't need it much either.

I am honestly VERY worried about going back to the commute. The job is easy and I like it, but that commute takes every last scrap of energy out of me, such that I get nothing out of my time off at the best of times.

But what scares me most, given my medical phobias, is that COVID is still out there and I don't get my 2nd jab till the 8th. I am still too frightened to take public transport, never mind spend all day in a enclosed space with others. I'm only just about daring to go for a daily walk.

I miss my son, though.

As for the way forward...baby steps, I'd have thought - one tiny thing a day or a week to build up confidence, I guess. Even all the NTs on our team are worried. They are telling me about how strange and disconcerted they felt going into a non-essential shop for the first time and all feel they need normality to return SLOWLY. I guess, we're lucky to have jobs and a boss which lend themselves to those baby step. Meanwhile, my poor boss, who I think is someone who needs social contact, did organise a team pic-nic in the park, but there was no pressure to go.