like all the fuckin ads with the hugging families around winter. any educationally normal adult knows everyone just gets more stressed, with travel and gifts and social obligations and everything, but you’re not even allowed to…openly feel that, it seems? it’s like there’s this happiness benchmark you have to reach, otherwise you’ll feel even shittier and sadder for not having a happy holiday season
A lot of us do have both happy and stressful holiday. But its not like reminding people that stress exists makes it better. Learn to live your life at your pace not stressing what ads or TV tells you that you should do.
Reject culture if it isn’t working for you. Do your thing.