I might spend Christmas break by myself at my apt. in va (Im in college) I dont wanna really be around the happy and jolly Christmas atmosphere since I have been depressed for 9 months now. I dont wanna get my hopes up and think that life is good and when I get back to school, I will be right back depresseed. Is spending 3 weeks by yourself good or bad in my position?
definitely bad as you will probably get more depressed. go back to visit your family or loved ones and im sure that they will cheer you right up. christmas is a time for sharing and no time to get depressed ^^
Yes it’s bad. Why don’t you just pretend you are happy and jolly with everyone else, they are probably pretending too. Or, maybe if you know why you are depressed, you can try to fix it or get some help. Being alone will just make you feel worse.
best to be around someone, even if it’s not your family, as holidays, especially christmas are times when people who are already depressed can get even worse if on their own. don’t have to be all fake and pretend to be happy if you don’t want to, but just be with other people. that’s all that’s necessary.
maybe even volunteer to help out the homeless by distributing food/small gifts etc on the actual xmas day. I was thinking about that if I wasn’t able to visit family
Watch the Grinch
“No one should be alone on christmas”
The best thing for your circumstances is to be with your family and the people you love
Not normally, unless you are *very* sure that trying to fit in with a cheerful crowd is going to cause even more stress.
(feeling duty-bound to wear a happy mask can be very exhausting and discouraging, counterbalancing the chance of “picking up happiness by association”.)
If it would make you happier even for a few weeks, go for the crowd. Grab moments of happiness wherever they are. Especially if they are in short supply.
But as Dr Johnson(?) put it: if solitary be not indolent. If indolent, be not solitary.
If you are on your own, be busy: it can be a very good time if you have a project to really tear into: It’s rarely good if you just mope and do nothing. If you don’t want to do much, find someone else who wants the opposite of a full-throttle Christmas and slob-out together.
I’m on my own this Christmas, barring the very unexpected: the dining room is full of half-built model railway that’s got to be ready for an exhibition at Easter. And I’ve got some bookcases to build.
Not exactly a traditional Christmas, this time, but mine own.
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Yes, it’s a good thing to spend christmas vacation isolated, at least to me, it can give me more time to thingking and enjoy by myself.