[Betty_Banana]

I actually had a great and fun Thanksgiving day yesterday.I had a good time and had a wondeful meal with people I love and care about.

Today I feel so depressed though,so bad about myself,so empty and keep re-hashing and examining every word I said and thinking I am a total idiot loser.

Why do holidays do this even when they are good ones?

I do a lot of re hashing and examining the things I say, too. Especially when I get talking to someone that I like a whole lot. I worry that they think I'm an idiot or get offended by what I said. I think that we're alright and we may make these things bigger than what they are. Even if we do say something that might not be nice, well, we're not perfect. If I were to talk to someone that I enjoy a whole lot, I would let anything slightly offensive go. I wouldn't do that for someone I don't like that much.

I felt let down by Thanksgiving being over, too. It was alright during the day, but when it got to be evening, then I didn't feel so good. I got a take out for a turkey dinner and it was good, but overpriced I thought. And then I went to the pool area after that there was a party in the clubhouse that was very noisy. They seemed like unsavory characters there. Of course my place at where I live is very much like that anyways.

This morning I felt depressed. I'm feeling better now after breakfast and coffee. I have some things lined up to do today. I hope that later on today will be better than later yesterday.

[Sunflower123]

I had a lovely time as well although I had a chest cold and a sore throat. Today I’m down but that may be because my daughter has gone to her father’s house and will leave from there to go back to college. I miss her already.

I know what you are saying though. I often rehash and critique everything I said after a social event no matter how well it went.

[Mopey]

I always find myself rehashing interactions with other people after they have occurred. Not intentionally, it seems to just naturally occur from some deeper level. For example, the other day I was at the grocery store in the supposed "express line" with only one other customer, an elderly woman, in front of me.

I should have known better.

It turned out that she had multiple issues to discuss with the checker, multiple problems with the groceries she was buying, and a problem with the gift card she was trying to use.

The line grew behind us, with fairly obvious demonstrations of impatience and things muttered under our breath. Finally this woman turns to me and says, "Patience is a virtue, you know." I responded, "So it is, so it is."

But I keep revisiting that scenario, wondering what I might have done instead that would have worked better. But I'm having difficulty finding the answer.

So don't feel like The Lone Ranger...

i've often wondered if these post holiday blues have something to do with life just going back to normal and going back to how it was

example: someone who lives alone might look forward to the holidays because they get to eat a meal that they wouldn't usually have at the other time of the year, see people they wouldn't usually see, do things they wouldn't usually do, etc etc, and yeah, their expectations might be high

at the end of it though (in all cases I can think of just one day), all the decorations go back, the food goes away, everyone goes home and you're left thinking... well, that was cool, I enjoyed it- but my life hasn't changed in the slightest- tomorrow I'm going to wake up and things are going to be totally normal