Posted by allisonm on November 1, 2000, at 20:57:07
In reply to Plans for getting through the holidays?, posted by Rainwoman on November 1, 2000, at 8:18:08
Good question. I've had no family to celebrate holidays with for two years now. My dad is the only one left and he doesn't really know how to celebrate holidays -- they have always been another day in the year for him. I always celebrated with my mom and husband and his family, but that's over. So it's either leaving town to be by myself someplace restful, or trying to celebrate with a father who doesn't know how. Not much to look forward to. I'd leave town but I did that last year and got a lot of grief for it. I don't know whether I can get away with it this year. It's on the list of things to talk about in therapy. Meantime, I am anxious to get all of my Christmas shopping done asap I think in a vein attempt to will the holiday away. It won't work, but that doesn't make the anxiety go away.
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