Maho 🦝🍻Dec 12, 2024
I got a matcha tea preparation set in the white elephant gift exchange (a fun twist on secret Santa). It's nice, but it doesn't erase the holiday gift trauma from previous years at work. What about you? What's your worst coworker holiday gift experience? #HolidayTrauma #WorkGifts #Community
Show threadaztecladyNov 24, 2022

Also, if you are one of the lucky ones with great families, it's worth keeping this in mind when talking with people whose life experiences are different:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/tech-support/202105/8-things-not-say-people-who-are-estranged-parent

#HolidayTrauma #EstrangedFamily #Estranged

8 Things Not to Say to People Who Are Estranged from a Parent

What people with great or good-enough parents need to know.

Psychology Today
aztecladyNov 24, 2022

@ElenaHung202 on twitter: "May this holiday weekend land gently for those with estranged family. And a reminder that chosen family is just as real and valid as blood family."

A reminder that it is also okay to be alone during the holidays; you can be a good person and still not have chosen/found family, or close enough friends to spend holidays with.

Be kind to yourself, you matter.

#HolidayTrauma
#EstrangedFamily
#Estranged