I am in my mid 30's, living with my partner and our 4 children in a lovely small market town. My work is great in that I work for an excellent employer, with interesting people, doing something I enjoy and I think I get paid quite well for it.

BUT it is now more than 5 months since I last worked and my feelings of depression and anxiety are still very bad. I long to go back to work not because I'm bored but because I liked my job, the opportunities available to me and I miss the people I work with and my interactions with customers.

So, why write a blog? Having recently posted on some forums about my feelings and experiences and getting a very positive reaction, I decided that maybe they might be of interest to a wider audience and so here we are.

I would really like to hear if you have similar experiences (or different ones) to me and how you cope or not with the problems.