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Post by Trev Williams on Dec 24, 2008 12:18:02 GMT -1
Taken from what is depression thread..
From recent experience I think lots and lots of people get depressed over Christmas.. and often (people of my age certainly).. will get drunk as a way out of this depression.. which isn't very good.. it's seen as traditional perhaps going out at Christmas.. getting drunk. But the serious depression that can underly it is important to talk about at some point like you mention Pat. Family/relationship problems are often highlighted at Christmas.. (all the soaps on TV make Christmas a time of complete disaster). It needent be like that, but I thought it important to mention as some people might read this at this time. "Happy Christmas".. can sometimes be a bit hard to take in.. even if it is meant in a nice way.. so I hope you have a peacefull Christmas, and that I hear from you all in the new year
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Post by Trev Williams on Jan 5, 2009 20:57:15 GMT -1
quite an emotional time all round, christmas and new year people pull together well, and I have new found faith in community which i don't think I've had before!! happy 2009
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Post by Trev Williams on Dec 22, 2009 20:03:23 GMT -1
a year on from when I started this thred. I still think christmas seems to be a difficult time for a lot of (if not most) people. perhaps most of us have lost the meaning of it?
I'm certainly more optimistic this year than last, but maybe that's a state of mind. certainly with the continuing recession and all the travel disruption there is at the moment I think it will be an unhappy time for a lot of people wanting to be somewhere else... "wanting to be somewhere else"... that seems to be a root of a lot of unhappiness and perhaps mental termoil.. should one try to be happy in their own situation / location wherever or whatever it is? that's certianly a goal of mine.
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