For me, it's kind of the opposite situation from what jobun is experiencing/describing -- I do not want my workplace to open up again anytime soon, I'm terrified of it doing so (in part, we deal with the public, a lot of them). I've been lucky, in that I've been able to work from home since we shut down here (so since mid-March), at only around 4 hours per week less than usual, so I'm still making most of my paycheck. Plus, I normally drive 1.5 hours to get to work, so a 3 hour round-trip commute, so I'm saving about $100 per month in gas, which helps to offset the very slightly reduced hours. Quite honestly, I'm getting a lot more of my real work done while at home, since I have fewer interruptions, no clients/customers to deal with, and no stopping to chat with coworkers (aside from the occasional e-mail). I don't anticipate my workplace opening up again before mid-June, at the very earliest, and I hope it doesn't open until later than that. I honestly don't think we should open up until the summer is over (spring and summer are normally our busy season). I know that quarantine is hard for a lot of people, but it's easier than death.
It has been hard on me as well, as I normally go over to my sister's four nights a week for dinner and binge-watching our shows, and I haven't been able to do that. My BIL is still going to work, so I'm afraid to spend time in their house, though I have gone over and spent time with them out in their backyard a few times, which was good. I also haven't been able to go to the thrift shop for two months, whereas I normally go twice a week (I enjoy it, always have, plus it functions as a kind of therapy for me). I've been doing the food shopping once a month, for both my mother (who is somewhat immunocompromised) and myself, whereas normally I would do it around twice a month. As a result, each shopping trip is huge -- I go and do hers, drop off her stuff to her, then go back and do mine. I limit my trips out altogether, so if I have to go to the bank or the post office or the like, I do it on the same day I do the food shopping. As a result of all this, plus how much longer it takes everywhere due to the "stay 6 feet apart rule" and everything else, each time I do the food shopping (etc.), it's a 6 or 7 hour production. Not easy, but necessary, and better than making multiple trips out -- the fewer times I leave my house, the less likely I am to be exposed to COVID-19.
I know that for me there are two specific things which factor in to my response to this crisis, aside from all the usual stuff that's affecting everyone. One is that I have anxiety/panic disorder and OCD, both of which are being seriously exacerbated by the pandemic (the fact that I have some physical risk factors doesn't help). The other is that I have intentionally isolated myself as much as possible since my husband died, so while the current quarantine is kind of an extreme version of that, it's not as different or difficult for me as it may be for many people who are much more social, as it's not that much of a change for me.
