Will you be depressed on Christmas?

[PROJECT: Simon 3,953]

Yup. I've been depressed over a year now. *squee* 

[Fricklefrackle 184]

Actually, no!

>>woops the '!' made it sound horrible because you're not going to have a good christmas apparently..<<   

 

I get gifts, which is great because I wanted loads of stuff and some of them, I get.

The whole family comes together at our house, every year, with delicious food I helped with. 

The Christmas tree makes the whole place nice and warm! 

 

 

really sorry you don't have a good christmas..   

Edited November 22, 2014 by Fricklefrackle

[ponylaces 1,870]

I'll be depressed if I don't get pony merchandise!

I have never been depressed during Christmas. It's the most wonderful time of the year! I like spending time with my family, even if it's just me and my mom. We might even be traveling this year which I think is great. I don't care about presents either, because I already have everything I could ever ask for. The only thing that disappoints me is that it doesn't snow where I live, and playing in the snow was a big part of my earlier years as a child, but it's fine.

 

I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but merry early Christmas!

[Spikey-Wikey 378]

It'll  probably be a nice time, but I've been super depressed over the last months

[rarity1 461]

I'm a bit sad knowing that I won't get any gifts this Christmas but I'm also a bit happy knowing that I don't have to buy gifts for a girlfriend.  Overall I think I'll be fine, I enjoy the cold weather and the candy.

Edited November 22, 2014 by Synyster

[Pat.Rio.T. 305]

For me, that would be a big "Heck no!" Christmas is such a wonderful time of year for all of my family and friends!

[Envy 6,125]

Hm... I've never associated Christmas with couples. Nevertheless, it definitely looks like I will be lonely. And it will probably be depressing, as Christmas just kind of has been for the last seven years. Additionally, it will be very hard without my grandma... That and my birthday. Lonely in many ways.

[Guest]

I'm going to spend my Christmas day/night/whatever at a nightclub, so .. no, I probably won't be depressed. xD

 

I would probably be even more happy than I usually am. 

Edited November 22, 2014 by Guest

[Clover Heart 978]

Probably. I'm always depressed on Christmas. I have sort of a bad history with Christmas, for various things that have happened around then in the past.

 

Beyond that, though, I can't go home and see my family, I don't have any money... basically, there's nothing for me to celebrate and no means to celebrate. I might end up doing something with my partner like I did last year, but I actually had a small nest of money that I could do that at that time. This year, I really don't. And I'm really worried about my finances to begin with. There's nothing to celebrate, like I said, so yeah. At best, it'll just be another day that'll come and go. At worst, I'll just be reminded about all this stuff I can't do and how much this year has sucked for me.

 

Christmas feelcast: 80% chance of depression.

[Everleaf 541]

This I don't know...depends how it goes...

 

but compared to my happiness at the age of five and under it was just so....magical....though otherwise I am hoping to have a good time!

[Gone Airbourne 21,977]

No, I've been trying to keep spirits up in the past couple of days. Sure there are a lot of things I would want but I can be patient for certain things. I just hope I can make some friends when I start college again in January that to me is something I desire. Until then the days will continue to be boring without anything to do with others but I am hoping I can meet some new people and make some new friends which I am hoping for. 

 

I'll be visiting family for christmas as well which is something I look forward to. As for valentines day, well I am trying my best not to let this world let me become bitter. Bitterness only leads to sadness and misery sure does love company I know that much. It would be wonderful to be in a relationship come valentines but that doesn't just happen purely because you want it to. That takes patience, risk, luck and meeting the right person at the right time.

 

Its nice to wonder how things could be like in a nice relationship with someone else but its not something I want to rush into I'd want to get to know someone well you know.

 

I want to enjoy Christmas and its so easy to let bitterness or negative thoughts to bring you down it is so easy to do I know personally. Not all days will be better than others but you just have to stay strong inside.

Edited November 22, 2014 by Gone Airbourne

[Brony Rebellion X 31]

Depressed about Christmas? 

 

Sure, but not about Christmas. About me...............about me isolated from other bronies, because I'm African-American, and I live in the bland and ghetto Los Angeles, and I'm always fixated about it. That's something I'm depressed about, and it'll never happen to me. I'm 19 years old, diagnosed with Asperger's and Autism, and I'm having issues with my depression and I feel always alone..........*voice breaking*......and I have no one to talk to about it besides my parents, which I feel like a burden to them. *cries* 

 

This is my main dysfunction about my life, and I can't seem to get a break from it. I have no car, and I'm no good of driving a car because of countless deaths by vehicular deaths, I have no job because now I have adult transitional school, and I have no independence in me. I'm all slow and no strength. Maybe I'm better off not going to a brony event because I get in the way of things myself. No wonder I'm always like Fluttershy because of myself. 

[SudsieSis 12]

I hope everyone will be in the holiday spirit - this will be the first time in two years I've gathered the heart to celebrate Christmas. I lost my mom around this time in 2012, so each holiday is painful, yet gets better with time and support. 

 

It's perfectly normal to get the blues, especially if you've lost someone or far away from them (college, marriage, work, etc.) Just be thankful that you are here and find someone special to share it with whether it's in person, email or phone call. I'm not being self-righteous (sorry if I give off that impression - I just learned a great deal in my life) but just be blessed and happy. Besides, the day after Christmas brings wicked discounts!! Enjoy your holidays

[Malinter 3,064]

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!!!

 

It is your imagination. You deep depressing yourself by imagining yourself their age, doing the things they are doing. 

 

You're not them. You'll never be like them till you learn to make peace with the fact your getting older. Your so strung up on age you risk missing out on someone who likes you because you'll be thinking "oh no. if i'm with her, everyone will think i'm old blah blah blah...".

 

If you keep letting thoughts of what others think about you cloud your thoughts, you'll just sink your spirit into the ground and never get to where you want to be and with who you want to be with.

[~Sugar Sprinkles~ 638]

Last Christmas was a little depressing for me because my Grandpa just had passed away 2 months before. This Christmas, things will shape up, because my family is learning to slowly let the wounds heal. I mean, its still going to be sad, but I won't be depressed. Infact, I see Christmas as a family get together, not a present giving holiday, 

 

Its totally fine if I do get gifts, thats great, but I love being around my family and seeing everyone happy. I've learned my Grandma would be just as happy seeing us all happy, though she is not with us no more. She is definitely in our hearts.

[Stacks 28]

Most likely. Christmas means going to my grandparents house with the family, then after food and presents watching chaos descend. My younger siblings will learn, as I have learned, that Christmas means mental women (grandmother, mother and aunt) screaming and yelling at each other. I'll take my siblings to the park until it's over, and all three of the psychos will leave in tears.

[Twisted Cyclone 🚓 6,257]

I won't be depressed this Christmas. I will (hopefully) visit my best friend who lives 1,000 miles away during my Christmas break. It'll be lots of fun.

[VulpineTaco 525]

Nope! I'm getting a WiiU, bitches!

[ShadowPirateX 600]

Unless something really, really depressing happens, I doubt I'll be depressed on my favorite holiday.

[Ianpiersonjdavis 512]

Well, given my track record I will have to say yes.

 

As someone who has anxiety and depression it's pretty common, along with the fact that I live in one of the coldest, crappiest states, with some of the worst kind of weather during that time of year (last year our internet had been knocked out for over half a month thanks to an ice storm.)

 

My aunt is also going to have a surgery to remove a tumor growing on her spine, so I will also be worried about that.

[Roughshod 719]

I doubt that I'll be depressed during Christmas. My family celebrates it to some extent and it's one of the few times of the year we get together besides a wedding or a funeral, but for me it's barely existent. I'm not religious and I find the whole affair to be hypocritical and disingenuous, which sort of amuses me in a way.

 

I have a bigger issue with the religious aspects of the holiday than the commercial ones. A bunch of mumbo jumbo about virgins and wise men and little boys with drums and talking donkeys... I put more 'faith' in capitalism than Christianity. Although not too much.

[Justin_Case001 4,873]

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.

For some reason, this just made me laugh and smile, probably because I feel exactly the same way.  Your whole post, was great, btw.

 

And yes, I will surely be depressed at Christmas, because I'm depressed almost all the time, and it's just another day.

[Venomous 18,859]

Normally, i'm fine with just sticking with my family.

I consider myself a strong and resiliant girl, so, i'm not too worried about finding love before Christmas. 

[Deae Rising Shine~ 54,676]

I guess, like every christmas before ... MONEY FOR ME! XD

 

So, probably no, I'm fine I guess

[Sceethe 704]

i am pretty good at acting like i everything is fine and dandy when i have to, so i´ll probably visit my family and have a good time with them.

alternatively,i´ll get together with friends and we´ll roam the town for stuff to do.