Comments on: What’s Your “Holiday Story”? http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/your-holiday-story/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peggy Gold http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/your-holiday-story/#comment-25323 Peggy Gold Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:14:13 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5732#comment-25323 I'm enjoying that many comments posted on my story at this point are ones of happiness and making choices that preserve the meaning of the holidays for people. It's heartening to know that even with tough old "holiday stories", we are able to re-write them and get to what we want from this time of year. Reading these comments has me wanting to take back my own version of the holidays as well. Thanks for the inspiration! Peggy I’m enjoying that many comments posted on my story at this point are ones of happiness and making choices that preserve the meaning of the holidays for people. It’s heartening to know that even with tough old “holiday stories”, we are able to re-write them and get to what we want from this time of year. Reading these comments has me wanting to take back my own version of the holidays as well. Thanks for the inspiration!

Peggy

]]> By: Jimmy Hopes http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/your-holiday-story/#comment-25201 Jimmy Hopes Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:03:22 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5732#comment-25201 My younger brother underwent a lot of bullying by my cousins whenever they came over for the holidays... I would protect him, but whenever I wasn't around, they would all bully the poor guy like crazy... the bullying gradually stopped as he grew up but then something hit us... he must have been twelve years old when he broke down in front of the whole family as to how the earlier bullying had pushed him into a scare forever and how he dreaded the holidays everytime... it was then that we realized that he was actually withdrawn during the holidays from all of us...we had not noticed this in the past... luckily, this fear of his went away gradually with good interactions and family celebrations during successive holiday seasons since then and he, in his teens now, loves the holidays... :) My younger brother underwent a lot of bullying by my cousins whenever they came over for the holidays… I would protect him, but whenever I wasn’t around, they would all bully the poor guy like crazy… the bullying gradually stopped as he grew up but then something hit us… he must have been twelve years old when he broke down in front of the whole family as to how the earlier bullying had pushed him into a scare forever and how he dreaded the holidays everytime… it was then that we realized that he was actually withdrawn during the holidays from all of us…we had not noticed this in the past… luckily, this fear of his went away gradually with good interactions and family celebrations during successive holiday seasons since then and he, in his teens now, loves the holidays… :)

]]> By: Donna http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/your-holiday-story/#comment-25192 Donna Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:51:18 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5732#comment-25192 There have definitely been years in the past where I have allowed me and my family to be stretched too thin. Too many dinner committments, too many dinners to throw together at my own house. After a while we all just got so burned out that none of us were really enjoying the holidays any more. After my husband and my kids all sat down to talk about it we decided no more traveling headaches or entertaining for us on either Thanksgiving or Christmas. We decided that we wanted to use that time to spend as a family, our family, and now we do simple things at home on those days. It really gives us the time and the energy to appreciate what we have at home, with typically enough left over for us to share with other family memebers and friends on another day. There have definitely been years in the past where I have allowed me and my family to be stretched too thin. Too many dinner committments, too many dinners to throw together at my own house. After a while we all just got so burned out that none of us were really enjoying the holidays any more. After my husband and my kids all sat down to talk about it we decided no more traveling headaches or entertaining for us on either Thanksgiving or Christmas. We decided that we wanted to use that time to spend as a family, our family, and now we do simple things at home on those days. It really gives us the time and the energy to appreciate what we have at home, with typically enough left over for us to share with other family memebers and friends on another day.

]]> By: Duminy http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/your-holiday-story/#comment-25185 Duminy Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:49:46 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5732#comment-25185 I just love the holiday season because I get to go back to Wichita and be with my family and friends. I really do miss them. But the worst part is when its all over, am back to work and am looking forward to the next holiday season! I just love the holiday season because I get to go back to Wichita and be with my family and friends. I really do miss them. But the worst part is when its all over, am back to work and am looking forward to the next holiday season!

]]> By: jennings http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/your-holiday-story/#comment-25178 jennings Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:28:01 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5732#comment-25178 My family hardly interacts with other relatives, its usually just the four of us taking off to a new place every holiday season. This, I guess, is the reason why we are a lot more relaxed than most other families...atleast we don't have to 'stand up' to show our love and care when we host our relatives ;) My family hardly interacts with other relatives, its usually just the four of us taking off to a new place every holiday season. This, I guess, is the reason why we are a lot more relaxed than most other families…atleast we don’t have to ‘stand up’ to show our love and care when we host our relatives ;)

]]> By: MINSON MATHEW http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/your-holiday-story/#comment-25175 MINSON MATHEW Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:20:11 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5732#comment-25175 This is so true...in between all the maddening rush and celebrations and get togethers, we start feeling like we connot go on any longer and as most of us dislike some members of our extended family, spending time with them due to obligatory reasons becomes a real pain in the neck. This is so true…in between all the maddening rush and celebrations and get togethers, we start feeling like we connot go on any longer and as most of us dislike some members of our extended family, spending time with them due to obligatory reasons becomes a real pain in the neck.

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