I've been off work for 10 weeks now and have been quite strict with following government guidelines because I was germ-phobic and have health anxiety before all this even started.
Tomorrow I have to return to work and I honestly feel like crying. I do not have a choice in this, I am not vunerable, I don't live with anyone vunerable and my work have put all the health and safety precautions that they can into place.
I am just going to be so paranoid about bringing this virus home to my husband and son (or getting it myself) and I know my hands are going to be raw. At home I don't need to wash them as much except after touching post/parcel etc because I know everything in my house is safe as we don't leave, but at work I am going to be washing my hands a ridiculous amount due to my anxiety and I suffer dermatitis on them.
I know this all probably sounds ridiculous and I'm not even sure why I'm posting, I don't have a question to be answered, I just wanted to write this down somewhere.
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Nogodsnomasters · 24/05/2020 17:59
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