17 Memes That Perfectly Describe Living With Anxiety During the Holidays
While there’s nothing funny about experiencing anxiety during the holidays, sometimes people use humor to share how they’re feeling in a funny and relatable way.
Maybe you’re feeling anxious about attending your office holiday party. Or maybe the thought of answering invasive mental health questions from family members makes you want to hide.
Whatever your situation may be, humor can definitely be a powerful coping tool to manage anxiety. Because of this, we pulled together a list of holiday-themed anxiety memes we thought you might enjoy.
1. When someone asks you what gift you’d like to receive:
![overthink meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-1.38.12-PM.png)
2. When holiday anxiety takes you on the ride of your life:
![emotional rollercoaster meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-1.26.05-PM.png)
3. When you’re struggling to get into the “holiday spirit”:
![napping meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-1.28.48-PM.png)
4. When you get caught ignoring the anxiety-inducing calls from your relatives:
![you've got a missed call meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-12.29.04-PM.png)
5. When you’re forced to socialize with your co-workers at the office holiday party:
![one does not simply interact with people](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/having-social-anxiety-i-feel-uncomfortable-just-being-in-the-room_o_4416831.jpg)
6. When you somehow get wrangled into hosting a holiday party:
Holiday Party Necessity #memes pic.twitter.com/ElmFzH8T3b
— Meme Bot (@MemebotBot) November 28, 2017
7. When anxiety makes you feel unlovable and grandma asks why you never date:
8. When you’re tryna prioritize self-care:
![i should probably do shopping for the family meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-12.24.36-PM.png)
9. When your anxiety cares zero percent about social etiquette:
#meme #anxiety #party happens all the time! my mother is social butterfly pic.twitter.com/7kErljvHwE
— 🙂 (@Abbiestar3) October 11, 2017
10. When someone notices your anxiety and asks you what’s wrong:
![what's wrong with you meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-1.36.23-PM.png)
11. When anxiety makes you alarmingly aware of how single you are:
![single meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-12.38.05-PM.png)
12. When you’re secretly hoping someone will ask how you’re really doing:
![hows the good boy meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-12.49.38-PM.png)
13. When you’re trying to practice mindfulness while you’re anxious:
![mindfulness meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-12.52.10-PM.png)
14. When your anxiety is rising but you try to play it cool:
![no worries meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-1.34.00-PM.png)
15. When you’re making travel arrangements and keep thinking of every worst-case scenario:
![what if it happens meme anxiety](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-15-at-9.52.54-AM-2.png)
16. When your family somehow found out about your anxiety diagnosis:
![whale this is awkward meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/7ef0f586857f6de13b5844354273007a90188bd00d7aab7c33d00ef79423b73c.jpg)
17. And of course, when your relatives give you helpful anxiety “advice”:
![anxiety is cured meme](https://themighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tumblr_ourivtxuby1wrt8hqo1_1280.jpg)
Can you relate?