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Old Nov 24, 2015, 05:15 PM
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Hi DechanDawa: Well... this is a bit out of my league, I'm afraid. Christmas is just another day to me. (Likewise all other holidays. The Skeezyks simply does not do holidays.) However, my thought with regard to holiday stress would be to try to figure out what it is about the holidays that is stress producing, & then to try to think of ways to modify, or avoid, those things. For example, I simply cannot tolerate crowds, nor do I have any interest in being where there are crowds. So I avoid going anywhere there are likely to be crowds during the holiday season. I guess I pretty-much do this all year around. I just simply feel like I don't need, or want, to put myself into situations that are going to cause me discomfort. A certain amount of anxiety is, I suppose "character-building". But, if it rises to the level of genuine discomfort, then I just choose to avoid it.
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