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Screw it, I’m going to put the tree up next weekend.
Altho I’m very mixed about Christmas this year...usually I love it but with the virus & my family living abroad I am expecting to spend it alone as well as my birthday before that.
it’s a bit of joy I’ll have this year
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Altho I’m very mixed about Christmas this year...usually I love it but with the virus & my family living abroad I am expecting to spend it alone as well as my birthday before that.
it’s a bit of joy I’ll have this year
Please be mindful that Christmas & the holiday season this year will be particularly difficult as the pandemic has changed so much. The reduced ability to travel means lots of us who live alone all year will also spend the one time of year they usually aren’t alone...alone.
Even though I’m 27 like I’ve said before...not all of us have nuclear families or really close knit family...or friends all have their own families or partners.
I’m working throughout next month to cope to be honest, with work I actually see other people and leave the house!
I’m working throughout next month to cope to be honest, with work I actually see other people and leave the house!
Not only that but with my current job that I took due to the amazing opportunity...lack of NHS Funding 4 psychology means I have a part time contract so my earning is limited for gift giving...lots of people will have lost their jobs so again the pressure of gifting is too much!
Please be mindful of your conversations w people about Xmas, often when we have big close families we forget that many don’t have that and the “perfect family” is really pushed very much highlights to us without that we are...without.
also gifting, not everyone can this year!
also gifting, not everyone can this year!
I will be participating in the #JoinIn hashtag like I have for several years even when I’ve had a family or ex partner Xmas with his family...
Because I know what it’s like to be alone, lonely and without close family or people around you.
anyone else dreading it, ur not alone
Because I know what it’s like to be alone, lonely and without close family or people around you.
anyone else dreading it, ur not alone
I am very much in denial about my birthday and Xmas this year as I just don’t feel there’s been much to celebrate & all I really want is for the pandemic to be over & to see family (it will be a year since I saw my mum in dec) as well as for others to find jobs who lost them...https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">
I’m going to try and be as festive as I can more as a way to cope with seasonal affective disorder and as an escape from the state of the world right now but
still going to find the actual day difficult and lonely. So plz forgive me if I’m a bit sensitive about it. I’m trying!
still going to find the actual day difficult and lonely. So plz forgive me if I’m a bit sensitive about it. I’m trying!
P.S this thread is not for sympathy more awareness of being mindful with others who may not be as fortunate as ourselves &or have trauma around the holidays.
This year has been incredibly isolating for lone people as well as the lack of security with work adds to the pressures!
This year has been incredibly isolating for lone people as well as the lack of security with work adds to the pressures!
