Mental health
fromPsychology Today
6 hours agoThe Emotional Paradox of the Holidays
Naming and accepting emotions reduces anxiety about holiday family conflicts and clarifies personal boundaries and plans.
Thomas Wolfe coined the phrase, You can't go home again, for his 1940 book of that title, but you can certainly get back in the neighborhood. Families can be like trees-shivering in the metaphorical winter winds and standing tall and strong in other storms. Sometimes boughs bend and sometimes they break. The December holidays may shake a family tree until its weaker limbs drop off and get discarded, or they may further strengthen an already stable sequoia.