I'm not sure if it's working from home that's triggering this, or just work in general. I have struggled with anxiety my whole life, but over the last few years I've had a flexible work schedule, and I go through phases of avoiding my work, including emails, and getting so anxious about it to the point where my breathing speeds up, I feel sick, and end up in tears whenever I open my laptop to work. I've been honest with my superior at work about this, and have taken time off multiple times due to poor mental health, but I just want to be able to go back to normal and do my work. I take medication (recently switched from escitalopram to sertraline, but have been feeling generally well until I opened my laptop to work today), I've seen therapists, and have a good support network, but I just feel so useless and lost.

Has anyone had similar experiences? If so, any suggestions for what I can do to manage this?

My work is a part-time university job, and overall I don't have much pressure from colleagues - just the pressure I put on myself to get things done to a standard I'm happy with. I know perfectionism is a problem for me, but I don't know how to overcome it.