I hear you
@karlc ... it's all a bit of a blur and to be frank, as someone without a physical base/office I feel like I just get out of bed, walk to my home office, stay there for the day, cook dinner and get about an hour or so to do anything I might want to before bed by around 2030 (yes, half eight ... not I might finally get to bed some time during 2030). I read for a bit. Rinse repeat (without the raving).
Draining.
I suppose you'd say I've been lucky to have wangled a set of sessions with a Clinical Psychologist ... and the result has been life-changing. But, yes, still just knackered with the grind. Remember that IAPT is a thing, folks (see:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/adults/nhs-talking-therapies) and if that's not quick enough, perhaps engage with a private therapist.
My key strategy has been to have a very clear work/home seperation. Yes, my main place of work is at home, but I do block off a lunch break where I push away and cut off completely at close of play with no dipping in through the evening. Getting outside at lunchtime has done wonders, just for a mile or so bimble. Vitamin supplementation - specifically vitamin D which I think we're all lacking here in the dull UK. Something social, even if it's the gym - I practice fencing and while it's only one evening a week, it certainly breaks up the ever rolling train of days going by.
Enjoy weekends. Slow down. Savour whatever it is we do and maybe take a new perspective on our lives that have probably been running at 150% for many years now that normal feels like standstill. That's fine. I'm finding the slowing and the savouring to be very beneficial. Keep it all simple and enjoy the depth of simplicity.
... and never fear to ask for help, something that's very alien to a person of my age and upbringing of personal responsibility and self-reliance.
Sharing strategies for coping is good. Having a little furry friend, or three, is so joyful. If anything, we can savour a good shave every day and take a few minutes to engage here and tell folks about it.
Just saying it out loud is good.
My therapist left me with this poem at the end of our sessions.