With the holidays approaching, we may as well talk about Anais Nin's description of "the holiday neurosis. The one time of year when your memory is forced by associations to return to the past. The superimposition of other Christmases, other New Years, the awful sense of time passing, all this causes sadness, regrets, or revulsion. A forced gaiety is expected of me which I do not feel."
Not only this, but there are also expectations of receiving Christmas cards and special gifts, celebrating family traditions, and creating memories, all of which often lead to disappointments. These then feed into next year's memory when it is forced to return to the past. The older you get, the greater the accumulation of sadness and regrets you have to work with. Ugh, this way of thinking is not for me!
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