Hi AngstyLady, I want to be sure I understand...you live in and worked in the same neighborhood? Then you stopped working at your job, but still live in the same neighborhood?

If I've understood correctly, it's no wonder you have anxiety going on. For twelve years I worked at a cafe in a neighborhood & became very attached to the neighborhood, to the people there, to the regulars...since I quit my job last spring I haven't been back to the neighborhood. It just feels weird to go back there...I'm not even sure why.

Living and working in the same place...I've done that before, too. It has its advantages for sure, but it's also very strange when you stop the job & no longer 'fit in' or something like that...I'm not sure myself why it creates anxiety, but it does.