Christmas is always super stressful for me since I make the least amount of money in my family and I always feel inadequate since I can't but everyone nice gifts. I know that's not what christmas is really about but I can't help the way I feel. It doesn't help that I suffer from seasonal depression that usually peaks around christmas (although it hasn't been so bad this year!). I'm not the only one in my family who gets stressed out by christmas, we just had a christmas eve party at my parents house that ended with a screaming match between two of my step-sisters and my step-dad.
I can't help but feel like there's this huge cultural expectation about christmas that just generates these feelings of stress. I just want everyone to be happy and get along but that's not always in the cards :-/
I can't help but feel like there's this huge cultural expectation about christmas that just generates these feelings of stress. I just want everyone to be happy and get along but that's not always in the cards :-/
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