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Well, I don't think that can be called stable, no.
But that doesn't mean you're at a point where you need to withdraw from anything big yet. That is certainly an option, but not immediately necessary.
You're taking time off, so take that time. Once you're a day or two from returning, evaluate yourself again.
The main job I used to do was stressful and prone to people burning out at a high rate, so I know exactly where you're coming from. Little breaks line you're taking can be enough to reset your state of being.
One piece of advice if you decide to stay, and if you don't already do so, make sure you have a dedicated work space. A lot of folks that work from home do it anywhere in their home, and that allows anywhere in your home to become linked to the stress of work.
We all need time off and time away from our jobs. When those jobs are stressful the need to actively plan time off as a regular part of our routine becomes vital. We have to know that there's a relief time coming, or it's much easier to fall into that dread of going to work.
With our primary language not being the same, allow me to expand a little, since it might not be obvious. Time off of work just means, in this case, not being on duty, not doing the work itself. Time away is about not carrying the job with us. It's time to not think about work, not do work related things. That first part, not thinking about work, is harder because we only have so much control over what our brains think about.
If you can't stop thinking about work, it's probably time to contact your therapist, or find one. No matter what you decide about your job, when you lose the ability to enjoy life and think of other things without work thoughts intruding, that's a start to a spiral, where things just keep getting worse without intervention.