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BillieTheBotBillieTheBot Posts: 274 Bot
edited December 2024 in Health & Wellbeing
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  • FaolanFaolan Posts: 191 Trailblazer
    You’re not stupid. This time of year is hard for a lot of people.

    I don’t really know what I can say to make it better, or even if that’s possible but I just wanted yE to know that you’re not alone here. We care a lot .

    You don’t have to pretend or force yourself to be happy if you’re not

    Hugs 💚
  • Chloe234Chloe234 Posts: 3,897 Community Veteran
    Sending so many hugs @shannonxg_ <3 Christmas can be such a hard time of year for so many people and i really do feel you on this. Im so sorry youre sat in your room alone, could you possibly go out and join them?

    Im so sorry to hear that your sh urges are bad at the moment, is there anything you can do to try distract from them? Is there something that usually helps with these? Youre not alone shannon and we are here for you, youre not stupid at all either! Im always here if you need to message <3
    🦆💜🦆💜🦆
  • shannon_164shannon_164 Posts: 2,523 Boards Guru
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  • RedemptionRedemption Community Connector Posts: 4,909 The Mix Elder
    You're not stupid at all. You aren't alone in not liking Christmas or even hating it. I'm here like you have been here for me replying to my threads and the rest of the community are here too.
  • shannon_164shannon_164 Posts: 2,523 Boards Guru
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  • RedemptionRedemption Community Connector Posts: 4,909 The Mix Elder
    shannonxg_ wrote: »
    @TheNightmare thank you i appreciate that a lot, here for you if you need!!

    It's all good, I hope you cheered up a bit now, I'm not in the Christmas mood or anything atm either, I cba tbh. I appreciate you're here for me too.
  • Sian321Sian321 Community Manager Posts: 2,248 Boards Champion
    edited December 2024
    Hey @shannonxg_ thank you so much for this post. It sounds really hard to have been alone in your room on Christmas Eve in so much pain whilst your mum and sister were downstairs watching Christmas movies together. I can imagine that feeling very lonely, and I'm so glad you could reach out here <3

    This time of year can feel so, so isolating, espcially when there's pressure to 'pretend' like you're okay too to keep the Christmas cheer. That's extreamly hard, and adds a whole extra layer of pressure. Keeping everything bottled up inside. How aware were your Mum and sister that you were struggling?

    I hear you say that you were stupid for feeling that way, but sh urges can be so intense and it sounds to me like you were doing your very best just to get through the day. How did the rest of your evening go in the end? This time of year can be so tough. I hope you can be gentle with yourself. You have done and felt nothing wrong.

    Sending hugs <3
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