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How I am Overcoming my Covid-19 Breakdowns
The mental health aspect of being in a Pandemic is real. I have felt stress before, but not daily for this length of time. The one thing that I am most looking forward to once I get vaccinated is a professional massage.
Traumatic is the only way that I can describe how we all ended up in qurantine. With no warning, the kids all ended up at home having to do virtual schooling. Suddenly, caregivers, were asked to be teachers, full-time chef’s and continue to produce the same amount of work as if we were still working alone all day.
Teachers were asked to suddely be technology experts and teach from their homes with their own children by their sides. Most teachers that I know say that this is the hardest thing they have every been asked to do. How they have been able to adjust is beyond me, but I can relate.
I have always worked from home 90% of the time; but alone. The breaks and structure of my day depended on me. Now I have to expect that my kids will come into my bedroom/office when they are on break from class, which is hourly. My little one is in kindergarten and is in class only 1.5 hours a day.
My Situation
Married, working from home full-time with 3 kids. My husband is a plumber at a large school district and goes to work daily outside of our home. Our kids are 5…
