It’s meant to be a time of good cheer,relaxation and celebration, but for many, or Christmas is stressful. The reasons are more varied than you might thinkIt’s Christmas! Time off work. Gifts to give and receive. Eating and drinking as much as you like. Seeing friends,family, loved ones. The atmosphere of goodwill and cheer. What’s not to like? fairly a lot, and actually. Christmas is often a source of great stress for many. At least one study suggests that it can literally give you a heart attack. Obviously,many people absorb good reason to not like Christmas, be it estrangement or loss of their own family or friends, and trauma experienced during the festive period (with all the context cues constantly bringing the unpleasant memories flooding back) and so on. But,whether you look at the modern manifestation of Christmas, it turns out there are a surprising number of elements that can, or probably conclude,lead to an increase in stress, rather than the opposite.
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Source: guardian.co.uk