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Why are holidays so triggering for me? | The Healing is Now Part 3 | Call It Growth Episode 9

Why are holidays so triggering for me? | The Healing is Now Part 3 | Call It Growth Episode 9

Update: 2022-12-29

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The festive season comes with an overwhelming amount of sadness for me. When others are feeling joyous and celebrating their achievements of the year with family, I often find myself curled up into a ball of anxiety, triggers and feelings of melancholy. Between celebrating small things and noting the things I am grateful for, on this I share the things that I am going to start doing to make the festive season easier for me in the future.

Let me know what your coping strategies for holiday blues are.

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