Holiday spirit

[smilingsoul]

I do wish I could enjoy the holidays like the people around me do. I know I will again, perhaps not this year, but in seasons to come I'll feel the magic again. I can be present for my family though, to help them enjoy themselves - it can be a gift from me to them in that way. And of course the connection with family is a great source of strength and healing for anyone with depression.

 

[Georgiia]

I’m dreading Christmas and I do most years. I have this irrational fear that I’m going to have an episode and ruin everyone’s Christmas.

 

[Cuchculan]

Hare this time of year. Sooner it is over and done with the better.

 

[MainerMikeBrown]

For a few years when I was a teenager, I sort of dreaded the holiday season because my parents would often get into heated arguments during this time of year.

But now I like Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I especially liked Christmas as a child.

 

[Howlingvapor]

I love the holidays, it gives me a chance to reconnect with friends and family. For my family at least the holidays were always a sort of refuge from the rest of the years hardships. Through bankruptcy and losing our house to my mom losing her job, whatever happened that year we always had the holidays to look forward to. Even when I was severely depressed the holidays would be like lifting a weight of my shoulders for a bit. I understand not everyone feels this way about them, I will admit it’s hard seeing everyone else so happy when you feel miserable, but whatever you’re going through remember that the holidays aren’t about forcing happiness or pretending to care, they’re about surrounding yourself with people that love you and sometimes this in and of itself can be very therapeutic.

I hope you all have Merry Christmas, and if not this year I pray that there will be better days to come for us all. I know it’s hard, but you got this.


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[Hurt&Hopeful]

I struggle with this time of year, too. I think most people with anxiety/depression do. You're not alone!

 

[MainerMikeBrown]

As a kid, I loved looking forward to Christmas and getting gifts from Santa.

 

[Lanchparty7]

I will be honest...I don’t like Christmas. The music, the decorations..none of it. My workplace is already being to plan festivities and I have no interest in it whatsoever. Been an bad year anxietywise for me and I am already struggling with all the holiday related stuff. Plus, winter started way to early here and is getting worse by the day.

 

[sergeyAideddy]

Доброго времени суток, простите за беспокойство если пишу не туда, у меня этот сайт с ошибкой открывается кажется браузер глючит не пойму в чем проблема, у всех так или нет?

 

[MainerMikeBrown]

Although I now like Christmas, I do have to admit that their's only so much Christmas music on the radio that I can take.