The Kitchen Shrink

Psychiatry, health care reform, and parenting.

Coping with Holiday Stress

Holidays are temporary--and so is holiday stress

Today is Easter, and like all holidays, it can be a stressful time. There might be too much to do, or tense family interactions to navigate. Or, you may feel left out, knowing others are enjoying festivities.

Whatever the source of stress, fortunately, holidays are temporary. Easter-or the family reunion that descends with it-won't last all year, or even all week. So enjoy your aunt who won't stop talking, the noise of egg hunts, or the solitude of being alone while others celebrate.

Whatever the stress-it will pass, along with the holiday.

 



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Dora Wang, M.D., is the author of The Kitchen Shrink: A Psychiatrist's Reflections on Healing in a Changing World. She is a psychiatrist based at the University of New Mexico.

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