How to deal with separation anxiety going back to work
Going back to work after months at home brings a painful mix of financial relief and deep mental distress over leaving a young baby. This emotional weight makes the transition feel overwhelming, leaving parents struggling to focus while trying to balance work expectations with the heartbreak of being apart.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1seeing a therapist regularly and anticipating multiple conversations about it
- 2returning to work part-time
- 3relying on a single income while struggling financially
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
Where this came up
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