I've always hated disruptions to my day. When I held a 9-5 type job, I had to be very careful about not getting coworkers or supervisors pissed off and so I said nothing when they threw stuff my way that I hadn't planned on. The stress certainly didn't just disappear, no, it would simply build until out of frustration I let it be known that I could not get my own work done if people kept asking me to do other things. Of course, I would get the usual "What in the hell is her problem?" look from coworkers.

Now I work from home so there is way less stress on me but it seems as though my tolerance for interruptions has lessened.

Today was a day filled with "Could you...?" or "Would you mind...?" and although most of the requests were reasonable, I find myself irritated and wanting to be left alone. Part of the problem for me is that if you interrupt me, I have a hard time getting back into what I was doing before and I wind up resenting the one who diverted my attentions. Also, the longer the delay in getting back to my regularly scheduled program, the more anxiety I feel because certain things must be accomplished before day's end and I'm left feeling overwhelmed and irritated at being thrown off schedule.

Anyone else get like this?