I definitely DON'T find it easier to write when life is full of chaos! I can usually only write when I have lots of free time to devote to it and nothing else on my mind to distract or bother me. That's why summers and holiday breaks are my golden writing times. The rest of the year, I really only write on weekends, and only weekends that aren't busy.
I can think of one exception, a weekend when I was really upset and worried about something going on at work and desperately needed a distraction. I ended up starting a new story that weekend, and not only did it help, but I was really productive on it! But usually it doesn't happen that way for me LOL.
I usually have to wait for life to calm down to get back into writing. If there's no chance of that happening, then reading or talking about it (like on here) sometimes helps, but if I don't have the time and energy, I just don't write.
Is your life in total chaos lately? This is the first time I've seen you on here in a long time. Hope everything's okay or getting better anyway!