Why Do I Feel Depressed During Holiday Season?

Are you so stressed that you’re starting to feel it in your body?

Does it frustrate you that if you are not the one planning things no one else would do it?

Are you too busy checking things off to-do lists that you actually can’t enjoy the holiday season?

Do you feel as if you don’t have the emotional bandwidth to make decisions?

Are your relationships strained or being damaged?

Luckily, based on your answers, it’s unlikely that you feel depressed during holiday season. The holiday season is a joyful time for most people (as it should!), but that joy is not there when one person is carrying the bulk of the emotional labor in the family.

Based on your answers, you are displaying some signs related to holiday stress. While for most people the holidays season is joyous, for some it can be a very stressful time. There is always this person of the family, usually the mother, who is carrying the bulk of the emotional labor in the family. She takes care of the presents, decorating the house, hosting the family for dinner… Women usually manage nearly everything at home, from scheduling appointments to making sure the kids’ lunches are prepared. And then during the holidays, more tasks will be added to it. It may be time to change the dynamics in your household. Sit down together with your family and divide the tasks.

Unfortunately, you are displaying the symptoms typically seen among individuals who are feeling depressed during holiday season. This is not very good news. Women usually manage nearly everything at home, from scheduling appointments to making sure the kids’ lunches are prepared. And then during the holidays, more tasks will be added to it. It’s time to make some changes in the dynamics of your household. It may be important as a family to sit down together and make a list of what needs to be done during holiday season. You can also do this for tasks in general, so you don’t always need to be the one managing everything at home. Holiday season should be an enjoyable time of the year for everyone!