None of these things compare in my mind to the absolute life-deranging daily pain that is 2 hours a day on public transport, dressing up in physically uncomfort

None of these things compare in my mind to the absolute life-deranging daily pain that is 2 hours a day on public transport, dressing up in physically uncomfortable clothes for 10 hours a day, constantly being surveilled and judged by how busy I look, or (most importantly) trying to concentrate in a room with 100 people having random conversations around me. There's a part of my brain that works with language, and I need it to write code. If somebody is talking near me (doesn't have to actually be to me), that part of my brain is listening, and I can't use it. It's not under my control, all I can do is try to block the sounds.