Holidays mean nothing to me either way since I do not celebrate most of them anyway, but I do know the pain of feeling exiled (even if the fault is partly my own) rather than being part of the ongoing lives of others. I do not know of any way to make myself feel better about this kind of situation, but I do try to be certain I am as approachable, welcoming and as pleasant as I would like everyone else to be.
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| manic-depressive with psychotic tendencies (1977) | chronic alcoholism (1981) | Asperger burnout (2010) | mood disorder - nos / personality disorder - nos / generalized anxiety disorder (2011) | chronic back pain / peripheral neuropathy / partial visual impairment | Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (incurable cancer) |
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