Personally working from my own home would fill me with way more anxiety. Fear for the safety of my own possessions and space invasion. Clients knowing where you are all the time. No thanks.
Hotels work perfectly for me. Usually. Have you tried hotels before ?
Hope you feel more yourself soon x anxiety kicks my arse too. X

I've worked at home, then mostly outcalls with occasional hotel incalls, now I have a second property to which I can accept a few incalls.

When I worked incalls at home I never thought I'd ever have a separate place, or bother with many outcalls. When I made the change due to personal circumstances and opportunities, stopped incalls from home and moved I noticed a huge sense of relief. Some of this was security always checking, and constantly picking up things conscious of the next incall bookings.

Now I have a separate incall place some of the old anxiety has returned, however it's not as bad and I don't find either worse or better than the other. There are pros and cons to all ways of working. What I have found is that time running the separate incall maintenance, setting up, cleaning up afterwards can often be as much as travelling to an outcall and returning.

So definitely swings and roundabouts in my experience.

I couldn't really do this job without working from home, because I fit in the odd booking around my civvy job. I'd hate to tour and I wouldn't fancy being out-call only, so it works for me. In 4.5 years, I've only ever had a couple of nutters and one turning up unannounced.

How did you manage those rare situations, Kay?

They weren't too bad, and I managed to get rid of them fairly easily, though one (a young lad with learning disabilities) did make a tiny bit of a scene at my front door on the way out. The other was one of the Islamist nutters who was targeting escorts around London a couple of years ago - he asked for a pen to pay by cheque but luckily left and just sent me a couple of abusive texts afterwards. The bloke who turned up unannounced actually did it twice. He was a wrong 'un as he also tried for CIM (knowing I don't do it) in both his bookings (the first was arranged normally). The first time I let him in and did a quickie booking, the second time I told him to fuck off and how inappropriate it was to turn up out of the blue - which I'd also said the previous time. 

I wouldn't downplay the risks of working from home, but as said, I couldn't really do otherwise, and I've found the few times I've worked from hotels remarkably stressful, especially if you get a no show after telling someone which hotel you're in, or even worse, your room number. I couldn't hack that regularly.

I work from home, and also have anxiety, and depression.
If I can't work one day due to this, I'm not losing money which I love.

I'm not sure I'd do it if I had a child here though.
I have my workroom and my bedroom so the spaces are separate and when I finish work, I can just shut the door until my next appointment.
It works really well for me.

doing incall since years in my place and i got anxiety in the past! now it is gone! depend why you get anxiety! ask why!
always done fine! still a bit stressed but the good one! i think that every one has! (opinion)

do not overthink, screening well and have fun! for me was just mindset and i was too slim! but it is personal!
when you are a bit fat ahah you overcome stress better!
 

I have also been suffering with some anxiety recently and have made the decision to move in a few months to a new flat which I can also work from regularly . I have a lot of friends who do the same and prefer it that way! it's certainly worth a try  xxx