It’s worth reading again.
Christmas is the hardest Holiday to get through. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, you know.
People are smiling and yelling Merry Christmas Even when you don’t feel it. The weather can be crap, cloudy, rainy or snowing. The sun might not peek out for days.
As you get older and the years seem to speed by, Christmas always seems to be just around the corner and you are emotionally dead inside.
- Remind yourself that most of what you are going through is media hype. We feel we should be happy and excited. Everything tells you so. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
2. The best thing that you can do for you is to Laugh! You don’t feel like it, I know. Get your phone or laptop and search for babies laughing. If you hear babies laughing, you will have to at least grin. Puppies or kittens playing make you laugh. Laughter sets the happy Endorphins in your brain free. Play ball in the yard with your dog. Dogs are happy.
3. If you have family gatherings make an appearance then go home if you want too. Just say you have another party to attend.
4. Do what you can when you can. If there are too many happy people around just keep circulating toward the door then slip out and leave. Find a quiet place to watch nature. Enjoy the outdoors. We all need that.
5. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT make any major decisions at this time! Especially about suicide. The Holidays will be over soon and this is not the time to think about ending it all. Your family can not stand around singing Silver Bells next year when it is the anniversary of your death. This is not the time to be selfish.
Think about the DJ Stitch who just took his own life a week and a half before Christmas. The man had 3 kids. Will history repeat itself? Will his kids ever enjoy another Christmas now?
Wintertime is a time for elderly people to pass away. That is hard enough. Don’t add to the sorrow. The season lasts for a few weeks. You can last that long too.
6. If you stay alone and eat cookies all day, you can make it through the Christmas Holidays.
And if you take your own life now to get back at someone that you think wronged you, you are wasting your life and you will never know if the revenge was good or not, because you will be dead and buried then and will never know.
7. Being happy is the Best revenge anyway. Show them they don’t really count much in the scheme of things.
8. Every living person and thing on this earth has a reason to be here. If you are empty and feel hollow inside, you can even sleep through the Holidays.
9. Don’t think long term. Tomorrow is far enough ahead to think about.
I have my Charlie Brown Christmas Tree up and that is good enough.
