Title: How to Cope With Spending the Holidays Alone
Headings: How to Cope With Spending the Holidays Alone
How to Cope With Spending the Holidays Alone
Focus on the Present
Don’t Set Up Unrealistic Expectations
Distract Yourself by Helping Others
Create Your Own Tradition
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The holidays do not have to be perfect. You don’t have to be full of cheer. It’s okay to be sad on the holidays, so don’t be hard on yourself for feeling down. Learning to adjust your expectations will go a long way in making sure your emotions are in check during the season. Clinical psychologist Elaine Rodino told PsychCentral: ...there are so many categories of expectations about the season being just right that it brings up all sorts of issues relating to family, stress and anxiety, eating disorders, sobriety, self-esteem, competency — the list goes on. “ There’s this idea that it’s supposed to be perfect, and if it’s not, the person asks, ‘What’s wrong with me?’” She adds that statistically, the number of “traditional households” in this country is not in the majority. Advertisement
One way to let go of unrealistic expectations? Just block them out.