HolidaysAreHard

For anyone who needs to see this. #Holidays #HolidaysAreHard Give yourself #Selfcare

Here in the UK we have a 4 day holiday to celebrate the Queen's Platinum jubilee. I don't want to sound like I am feeling sorry for myself, but I find holidays hard because I am alone. I have friends who I know if I asked them would include me in their plans and celebrations. But it's not the same as being included without question the way I was when I was part of a family. Sending love and hugs to anyone else who feels the same. #alone #HolidaysAreHard #lonely #Depression

I wish I could just have fun playing board/card games, but the moment it gets competitive I get overwhelmed and anxious. I always thought monopoly was a slow paced game, but the way we were playing, today, left no time for me to think or strategize, without missing something, AND my inattentive ADHD was in full force, making it hard to focus. I haven’t played Monopoly since I was a child, and they were accommodating to a degree, but it still got competitive, and I let slip the F-word in front of my 8 year old, and my mother-in-law. Then it got to the point that I needed to be excused from the game, because I was becoming so anxious that I was tempted to self-harm, and even had suicidal thoughts. That’s RIDICULOUS! And it makes me even more upset with myself. But I realize that that’s not going to do me any good. I want to get upset at the fact that such a simple thing can drive my brain to such extremes, but instead, I’m trying to self-soothe and calm down, and think of other ways to spend times with my family this holiday, or at least hold space and let it be okay that I can’t be part of the group the entire day, like I’d love to be.

Here’s to creating space for me to just be me, today, without judging myself so harshly. 🍷 (It’s juice, y’all... 😜)

#HolidaysAreHard

To Hate Christmas and everything to do with the holidays. It does not mean I'm a grump or scrooge that I'm negative and a downer it's just that I dont want to be force fed "your" seasonal (capitalist) cheer.

Be kind to Eachother- this time of year is traumatizing for so many.
#hatechristmas #truamatizingholidays #HolidaysAreHard #dontshametruama
#truama #PTSD #CPTSD #GeneralAnxietyDisorder #Anxiety

The holidays are always hit or miss for me. I am either overly festive or down-in-the-dumps depressed and feeling incredibly lonely. Some ways I cope are by sending snail mail 💌 and decorating my house early. How do you cope if the holidays are hard for you?

And remember, you all matter so much to me. I am so thankful for each and every single one of you. ❤️

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Holiday seasons can be hard on some so as they come up on us please remember you matter and that there are people out there that are able to listen 24/7 if you need them. No story is over; so please make sure we continue to hear your next chapter;

#ProjectSemicolon #SuicidalThoughts #DepressionSupport #Depression #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Anxiety #Suicide #HolidaysAreHard #MentalHealth #Fibromyalgia #ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #ChronicIllness #LymeDisease #RheumatoidArthritis