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Sick at the Holidays

Betsy Seifter Ph.D. on December 23, 2010

Sickness poses a host of specific problems to the one who's ill, depending on the nature of the illness, but one thing common to most who are sick is a sense of being different from the masses—all those folks who are buying the presents, baking the Christmas cookies, trimming the tree.

Sickness poses a host of specific problems to the one who's ill, depending on the nature of the illness, but one thing common to most who are sick is a sense of being different from the masses—all those folks who are buying the presents, baking the Christmas cookies, trimming the tree.