And there doesn't seem to be much I can do to help her. She recently had a 10 day mini vacation by virtue of getting covid (her symptoms weren't that bad but she still had covid) and ever since then, she simply doesn't want to work at all. I don't blame her, she loved her free time off and spent it doing whatever she wanted without any worries in the world but then reality came to hit her again that she had to go back to work on Monday and she immediately started to feel intense dread on Sunday.
I don't know what to say or do for her, I completely understand her feelings and I wish there was a better reality where this wasn't the case but it is for everyone.
I'm in an especially worse situation because I'm in the EU and she's in the NA. I can't exactly just go over to her house and bring her out on a date, I have to just sit here and listen to her feelings and help her in any way I can.
Some friends told me that people with anxiety like her when given that time to be free will dread it until they slip back into the repetition of work and then coming home to enjoy what free time they have left which sounds like it could be possible for her but I think this is truly bigger than that. It's wrong that I hope that that is the case but I truly feel so destroyed for her over this situation and it sucks because I don't share the same mentality currently.
I appreciate any advice that can be given. Please understand that I do listen to her, let her vent and try to comfort her as much as possible but there doesn't seem to be enough I can do to actually reframe her mindset or help her in any way. I even try to just call her during work as background noise for her to ease her mind.