Sometimes just letting go and giving ourselves permission to stop creating (including, taking a break from doing it) can reanimate the desire to do it.
Also, it's my observation that sometimes when creative people are depressed or upset they are not good judges of the quality of their own work. Some remarkable art has been created by people who thought they were worthless or had given up, or were creating only for money to survive and therefore thought their work was terrible (but it wasn't).
I, too, feel like I've been run over by a wrecking ball as a result of all that is going on in our country and the world. I can't believe I'm even typing this, because I have a very good imagination--but what has happened over the past two weeks is actually worse than my worst-case scenario. So it's not a surprise you are feeling this, especially with your husband being a federal worker.
I hope things improve for you.
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