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Anxious about going home?

So the weirdest thing has happened to me in the last two or three weeks. I suddenly don't want to go home and have major anxiety about it. I find myself staying at work surfing the net doing anything to avoid being there. It's very weird. Once I get home and get settled in I'm fine. I know I really need to push past it and just go home and get it over, but it sucks not feeling like home is my good place anymore you know?

 As some background I've been living alone in this apartment for a year and half. I've always been the only one who lived there and have two adorable pups who greet me. I've lived alone before and never experienced this. I usually really love and desire my own space. Also I'm not even sure if this is related to someone not being there or not. The last and only time I've ever been anxious about going home was when I was living with my exH and we weren't getting along.

Oh and my apartment is very cozy, clean, etc. so I don't think it's the space that is causing this. I am in therapy and will bring this up next week. I was just really able to pinpoint this today.

Guess there's not really a point, but just wondering if anyone else had experienced something similar out of the blue. 

 

Re: Anxious about going home?

  • not sure what is up - but could it be related to the holiday season?
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  • I haven't been on my own as long as you have, but I had this happen last week. Back story: married for 8.5 years, he traveled a lot and worked long hours for our entire marriage, so I was home alone all the time. I've been living alone with the kids since August, officially separated and headed for divorce since early October. The night of Thanksgiving I COULD NOT go home. My 5 year old was spending the night with my parents and the thought of going back to my house with the toddler sent me into a huge panic attack. I ended up spending the night with my parents. It hasn't happened again since then, but it was really unsettling! I am totally accustomed to being by myself (or at least by myself with my kids), so it really shocked me when suddenly I couldn't make myself go home. It's definitely something to discuss in therapy, I agree with you there!
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