Will you be depressed on Christmas?

[RainbowMau 291]

I will!

 

- Will be the last Christmas from my 20's

- No girlfriend

- Will see lots of young couples kissing, dating, holding hands and everything as they always do for X-mas

 

How about you?

 

How about you?

[The Mint Pone 2,292]

Well... I have no girlfriend, my brother isn't coming home for Christmas, I don't know anyone who I can go to parties with. Despite all this I am always unnecesarly happy so I will not be depressed. Anyone who will be depressed is getting lots of muffins in the post!

[Azure Envy 1,092]

No girlfriend, but it's my favorite time of year, so I should be okay.

[Larkybird~ 734]

It depends really. Last years was awful because I had a stomach bug. So I had to stay home. Sure I don't love hanging around my moms family but it's better than being the only one home aside from my dog. I might love her but I enjoy having others around me sometime. Plus I didn't get to see my nephew Philip. Or Cameron. Or anyone else really. I like some of my cousins. So yeah. It only depends on if I'm sick or not. If I am then I wouldn't say depressed as much as I would lonely.

[Malinter 3,064]

That's Valentines day your thinking about, not christmas.

 

Christmas is for stupid shit like eating too much or freezing your ass off and nearlt dying of pnemonia...oh wait, that's my christmas....

 

People don't just date, hold hands and crap only on christmas day ya'know. They'll have been doing it months and years before and months as years afterwards. Stop living in a world like something off a cheesypostcard and stop being silly about getting old.

 

It happens to me.

it happens to you.

and sure as hell will happen to these imaginary young people you seem so hell bent on wanting to be.

[Castle_Cross 331]

Maybe, I will pass the Christmas in my grandma house, and when my mom is there, she always gets grumpy and/or angry

[MozillaToast 233]

I should be fine, as long as there a thing such as "gluten free" cake, there isn't, oh

[Chunkelad 13]

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Edited April 26, 2017 by Chunkelad

[Celli 4,332]

Well, I will be with my family, and I don't usually do much besides maybe go to my grandparents house, so I have no reason to be depressed, it'll be the same as any other year.

[Moonlight 7,279]

This year has been absolute trash for me and I am not willing to let Christmas be screwed up as well. It's my favorite holiday, and dammit I am going to be happy, spend too much money, and eat candy and food until I can't breathe. It's the best holiday, and therefore I'm going to have fun with it.

[BastementSparkle 20,310]

I'm going to stay in my room, watch ponies, play video games, and talk to my internet friends.

 

 It will be an average day. Hopefully.

[Ruddboy Olaf 10,627]

Christmas will be a regular day for me.

 

Nothing special. Just a normal,boring,and slow day.

[A goat 323]

Most likely not, it's one of those holidays that I look forward to because I get free shit. Who doesn't love free shit?

[Pinkamena-Pills 6,838]

Nope. I will most likely not even notice Christmas beyond all the commercials. 

[Steel Accord 6,658]

Who can be depressed on Christmas?! Scrooge? The Grinch? 

 

Hell no! I'm going to be with my family sharing time during the most wonderful time of the year! 

[Wind Chaser 4,767]

I used to get a cyclical depression right before and around Christmastime, but none of it has to do with relationships. On a personal level, all this talk about "dreams" and the future that comes with the season's celebration of childhood comes off as extremely distressing to me, as it's a very sensitive topic to me. Also, there's the fact that I've gotten so many more gifts at Christmastime than I've given, so many of which ended up broken by the next year. With no resources to pay it back, I've felt crushed that I can do nothing about it. Thankfully, I volunteer at a local Christmas event every year to cope with that.

 

On a societal level, I've come of age, and becoming more exposed to the harsh commercial and controversial realities of the holiday have made me more cynical of it. Once you see all the Black Friday crushes and fights and the crassness of the commercialism, the innocence and wonder of the holiday hangs by a thread and the message of the holiday becomes more hypocritical and ironic. As I've gotten older, I've found much Christmas music and many classic Christmas specials to be too cheesy, too schmaltzy, too saccharine, and too ridden with tropes and cliches to continue to hold up, and I've been desparately searching for alternatives to the standards. It unfortunately doesn't seem to be as wholesome, joyful, and fun as it used to be. Becoming an adult, it really saddens me that the nostalgia and wonder of being a child at Christmastime is all but gone for me.

 

On a biological level, I, like thousands of others, have been diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder (appropriately abbreviated as SAD). The shorter sunlight hours and the colder temperatures have an adverse affect on our bodies and moods, thus I do all I can to compensate by taking vitamins, that have thankfully boosted my immune resistance as well.

 

The best I can do is enjoy the holiday for what it is. It's a great time to celebrate all kinds of love, not just that between couples but that between families, friends, and between all kinds of people. It's the time where everything becomes bright and cheerful to help offset the darkness and cold of the winter season. Everyone is trying to get in touch with their inner child and hearken back to a simpler time, for once, despite all the realities of the modern world. The holiday season is just such an alternate interpretation on real life, that despite all of the negativity surrounding it, there is so much emotional benefit that comes from it that I can't help but enjoy it. Christmas brings a light to my life that few other things can, and I will try all I can to embrace it and have fun. The greatest thing is, this will be the first Christmas I spend with all of my online friends, and I am definitely looking forward to it like nothing else. I can't wait to get into December and have some fun with them here on the forum and on dA.

 

Especially and everyone on the Count to a Million thread, some of the best friends I've made in a long time.

Edited November 21, 2014 by Wind Chaser

[Overdrive 5,366]

Yes and no.

 

I'll be depressed on Christmas for a few reasons. For one thing, I get depressed because all of the commercialization has made society lose grasp of what Christmas is really about, and it seems to bring out the worst in people. I'll be a bit depressed because I'll have to go back to work the next day, and in general, I won't have much free time. If there's one thing that will probably depress me the most, it'll be that I wanted to spend time with someone I really care about, but won't have the time to. That person is:

 

 

 

 

However, I'll be happy over the holidays, because the holidays also show off the best in people, and in general, it is just a happy time of year. I'll get to see family I don't often see, and the time of year just makes me happy.

[RainbowMau 291]

and sure as hell will happen to these imaginary young people you seem so hell bent on wanting to be.

 

My little sister celebrating with her boyfriend, young couples/potential mates kissing under the mistletoe, sweethearts in DA (or even here) greeting themselves, giving drawings to themselves or in FB (despite I deleted my account) hugging, posing with Santa's hats, cuddling each other and sharing a great moment...

 

You're right, it's just my FUCKING imagination!!!

Edited November 22, 2014 by RainbowMau

[ThatOneComrade 1,091]

I won't be depressed; that's a bit extreme for my situation. A bit sad, I guess. I moved to Minnesota recently so not only am I in a brand new environment, I also have no friends to spend it with. I do have family, though it's just my mom and my sister because my brother and dad are still in Maryland. Despite his terrible dad jokes, Christmas just isn't the same without him.

 

I'm looking forward to a rather sad Christmas.

[SparklingSwirls 21,261]

I have a boyfriend, but I won't get to see him this Christmas .

 

I don't think I'll be depressed though. I'll probably spend the day at my cousins' house playing video games and having nerf gun fights, like every year

Edited November 22, 2014 by SparklingSwirls

[DubWolf 16,570]

I knew you'd say something like that -_-, but I know what you mean and how you feel, so I won't judge :1.

 

Ehh I'm always just sort of like "ok, it's Christmas :p". It's not like I've ever had a great Christmas :/ .

 

Yeah I don't get to see Swirly -_-.

[Virgil 685]

Even though I'm not on the best terms with some of my family and it can get "tense" at times, I will enjoy Christmas. I don't have to work on Christmas for the first time in two years; incidentally I will be asking for money as a Christmas gift... and some black slacks ( I feel old all of sudden.. I'll ask for some shojo manga maybe then! Wait, now I feel old and very nerdy...).

Anyway, but I will enjoy listening to Bob Dylan's Christmas Album that he put out a few years back; and this year... in one sitting, and doing nothing else, I will listen to all 3 hours of Handel's Messiah on LP. I've been making that as a tradition of sorts, as far as listening to the whole thing but I would always play games or something while listening. So this year I'm gonna go for the gold, only thing I can read is the Lyric sheet!

Needles to say I'm taking my Christmas related merriment very serious this year.   

[Odyssey 5,713]

Uh, no? I hope that my Christmas is going to be the best. My last Christmas was awful, but that's because of my rotten attitude. For this year I'm hoping to be with my family and have a good time. I'm going to get some pretty great presents too.

 

My little sister celebrating with her boyfriend, young couples/potential mates kissing under the mistletoe, sweethearts in DA (or even here) greeting themselves, giving drawings to themselves or in FB (despite I deleted my account) hugging, posing with Santa's hats, cuddling each other and sharing a great moment...

 

You're right, it's just my FUCKING imagination!!!

 

No disrespect, but there's much, much more to life then finding your love. Instead of hating your sister for a terrible reason, why not buy a nice present for her? Or perhaps celebrate with your friends and family? Or maybe even go out and socialise? Looking for people to interact during Christmas isn't as hard as you think. I don't have somebody to love, but I'm fine with that because A: I got my family and friends to love and B: It's not Valentine's Day.

[TheJLeeTeam 914]

I want my Christmas to be better than last years. I have more gifts that I want.

[iceestarz 5,752]

Nah, I'll be super duper happy!

 

-I've got a pony present coming next month, my best friend up in Washington got me a gift. I was hesitant about him buying me one since I have no money and no way of sending one back, so I told him next year when I get a job and go off to college I'm gonna make it up to him.

 

-I've got my family and friends. I don't need much, i could care less about having a significant other. all I need is friends and family.

 

-cinnamon rolls! It's the only day of the year my mom makes them.

 

-presents...okay. Yes, I look forward to the presents most of all.

 

-also it'll be the first Christmas I get to spend in Texas after 2 years of living in Washington! I missed Texas, even though I wasn't born here, it's like my home.