Everyone is subject to the pressure to be merry around the holidays -- and depression can make it even more intense.
A lot of people struggle this time of year. It’s the long, dark hours. It’s the busy-ness, it’s the financial pressure. It’s the family squabbles – or it’s the loneliness, for those who don’t have families around to squabble with. It’s the holes left by those who are no longer here.
Everyone is subject to the pressure to be merry. Depression can make it even more intense. This was never truer for me than the year I broke up with my long-term partner and moved suddenly out of San Francisco. For the winter months between homes of my own, I camped out at my father’s house, enveloped in both family holiday festiveness and a gold medal depression. No matter how I tried, I couldn’t get on board with cheer: Christmas carols brought tears. Mistletoe brought bitter tears.
“What do you mean?” she asked, puzzled. “You don’t have to do anything. You’re here, that’s all that matters. You just have to be.”
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