Holiday Depression
So I felt like I had this real epiphany last week. I’ve been trying to describe it to people and have so far been unsuccessful. But here goes anyway: I’ve never understood people describing themselves as “depressed” during the holidays. I mean seriously, unless you have lost a loved one, how can you fight the lights, the mood, the overall cheeriness (and shopping) of those around you. Not to mention the focus on good will and Christ. But (here comes the epiphany part) I think I finally get it this year. I realized at some point that I no longer wanted to work, diet, exercise (even yoga), basically “do” all the normal things of everyday living. I honestly love my job, but I’ve been getting up with nothing but a disgruntled attitude for the last two weeks. With the celebration of Christmas beginning sometime right after Halloween, I have begun to feel cheated. I mean why can’t I just sit at home, watch holiday movies, drink wine and live on a diet of nothing but Christmas cookies? So it’s not that I’m sad, but I’m not enthused about the normal day to day stuff of life. Is that it?
December 15th, 2005 at 8:49 am
you need to visit Boston - we will give you some cheer.
here you can drink wine, watch holiday movies and survive on a diet of holiday cookies!
didn’t you know that is what we do on the east coast? partially because “the weather outside is frightful,” but mostly because we need the insulation to survive the cold! nothing does that better than numbing the senses with wine and fattening the belly with cookies.
xxoo
k
December 15th, 2005 at 10:22 pm
All good points. But I’m scared of the snow. I’ve always contended I don’t fly in the winter.
December 16th, 2005 at 10:43 am
I think you nailed it Meerkat; that is exactly the kind of frustration and/or depression that creeps up on me around the holidays… Why can’t everyday be like Christmas?
I’ll take the island of misfit toys, or life at the North Pole over “languishing around a computer” any day
Especially if booze and cookies are involved.