How do the Holidays 🎃🦃🎄affect your mental health?
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It's not exactly a "boost" but I do look forward to them. I don't do anything for Halloween (which might change as my son gets older) so for me it's just Thanksgiving & Christmas. My family has Thanksgiving down to a science & everyone has 1 dish they are responsible for. Makes it way less pressure & we are all really good at our 1 thing. Christmas for me is just about being with loved ones. I'm sure as my son gets bigger I'll care more about gifts for him, but at 6 month-ish his gifts are diapers and baby cereal this year. He won't know what's going on either way. Lol I usually make something for family members. It feels like a great way to express my creative side plus show them how much they mean to me. My husband and I rarely buy gifts for each other that we haven't already discussed so there's no pressure there. We don't host much because our nephew is highly allergic to dogs so no pressure there either I definitely agree with keeping expectations low. Togetherness is my only expectation for holidays
I hate the holidays. The less vitamin d time of the year really breaks me every year.
Because my son has Autism it is very stressful for him.but my daughter who dosen't love this time of year. SO I am dealing with to extreams at once.
Personally speaking, I find that I do better with this stretch of the year *mentally* when I keep external expectations REALLY ⬇️LOW. This year, that meant not hosting anyone/ going anywhere for 🦃 OR 🎄 even if others felt a way about it!