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re: Does Christmas always involve a small twinge of sadness?
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:20 pm to geauxtigers87
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:20 pm to geauxtigers87
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I can always count on darth for the holiday pick me up
Don't misunderstand me. I love Christmas. The highlight is watching my kids and seeing how they enjoy it. That and getting together with friends and family. Still, the older you get the more people you lose either through death or moving apart. As the years pile on that twinge of sadness he mentioned in the OP does grow, it's only natural that it will. But you take that sadness and you treasure it and hold on to it. It reminds you of the life you've lived, like looking at old scars. Son't let it ruin your holiday, but still honor those you've lost and feel that ever growing twinge of sadness every year.
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Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:21 pm to weagle99
Feeling depressed this year. Lost my father three months ago. I am not married. No kids. No girlfriend. I think often about not being around anymore. Despair and depression.
I have a good job and I take Paxil. Feel like crying.
I have a good job and I take Paxil. Feel like crying.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:23 pm to MottLaneKid
Tough times man but you never know what tomorrow holds.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:23 pm to Darth_Vader
For me, yes. Always think of my Mom and Dad even more at Christmas time. I also think about the Good Lord and what he has done for us.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:24 pm to MottLaneKid
I've been there. You just have to find someone / something positive to latch onto. Things do get better. Eventually.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:24 pm to MottLaneKid
Come to madisonville tomorrow and I'll buy you lunch.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:25 pm to weagle99
yes. I have had some really bad christmas experiences growing up. My father left my mother the day after my birthday and the weekend before christmas. Plus a lot of bad experiences with my father.
Those memories seem to trump the mostly positive experiences I have had in the last 15 years. it was pretty traumatic on the family, I guess, and I can't forget that.
Those memories seem to trump the mostly positive experiences I have had in the last 15 years. it was pretty traumatic on the family, I guess, and I can't forget that.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:29 pm to MottLaneKid
If you're not kidding, I'll say that nothing anyone says will make you feel better.
But the pain we all face as humans about mortality is universal. Take comfort in knowing we all experience/d what you're feeling, and that you're not alone.
Merry Christmas.
But the pain we all face as humans about mortality is universal. Take comfort in knowing we all experience/d what you're feeling, and that you're not alone.
Merry Christmas.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:32 pm to Hawkeye95
quote:
yes. I have had some really bad christmas experiences growing up. My father left my mother the day after my birthday and the weekend before christmas. Plus a lot of bad experiences with my father.
Those memories seem to trump the mostly positive experiences I have had in the last 15 years. it was pretty traumatic on the family, I guess, and I can't forget that.
I've had some pretty shitty Christmases in the past as well. The Christmas after my maternal grandmother died (she was raising me and my brother) all I got for Christmas that year was a pack of tube socks. We'd been sent to live with relatives from our Father's side, which they were all strangers to us. They did Christmas for all the grand kids over at the grandparents house. I sat there with my pack of tube socks watching all the other grand kids open all sorts of presents. That kinda sucked for a 14 yr old kid.
It got worse though, a couple years later when I was 16 I spent Christmas eve and Christmas day in a trailer in Nectar Alabama alone with no power, no water, no food. It was in the 20's & 30's and all I had for heat or light was a small portable kerosene heater.
Those Christmases sucked for sure but what they did was teach me to be glad for whatever it is I have because it can always be worse.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:33 pm to BRgetthenet
You're deeper than I thought.
Sometimes talking to someone else helps though.
Gain some perspective...
Sometimes talking to someone else helps though.
Gain some perspective...
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:34 pm to weagle99
I'll be by myself once again for another year so it does for me
I'll go to church by myself and sit alone all day by myself
I'll go to church by myself and sit alone all day by myself
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:38 pm to VetteGuy
If he's angry, or going through anger, he doesn't wanna read or hear anybody's shite.
That's normal.
ETA: but eventually, yeah. Gettin some new perspective from people who have experience is gonna make him feel better.
That's normal.
ETA: but eventually, yeah. Gettin some new perspective from people who have experience is gonna make him feel better.
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 6:40 pm
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:39 pm to BRgetthenet
Agreed.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:40 pm to VetteGuy
Reading all this is making me sad.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:41 pm to LewDawg
quote:
frick that shite, Christmas rocks
THIS!
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:42 pm to weagle99
Yes it does
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:42 pm to AthensTiger
Being sad is human. You're having a human emotion.
There are emotions that are worse.
There are emotions that are worse.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:42 pm to AthensTiger
Try living through depression daily for the past 11 years
I wish I only experienced sadness one day of year
I wish I only experienced sadness one day of year
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:43 pm to AthensTiger
It's kinda normal.
It'll be worse if some numbnuts links that Dan Fogelberg song.
It'll be worse if some numbnuts links that Dan Fogelberg song.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:44 pm to Walt OReilly
You've made some poor decisions in your life Walter.
It's gonna get worse before it gets better.
It's gonna get worse before it gets better.
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