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To express that 2020 has felt like a year that is long an understatement.
We’ve joked about this, attempted our hand at Zoom birthdays, and invested holidays that are many are usually about coming together — Easter, Eid, Diwali — being apart. Given that the is drawing to a close, the thought of spending this season separated from our friends and family yet again is a heavy one year.
But we don’t need to write the holidays off completely and simply a cure for better as time goes on, states psychologist Adia Gooden PhD. “What’s important would be to honor that this 12 months will probably feel different,†she describes. “There’s most likely likely to be some dissatisfaction, some sadness, some loneliness, and that doesn’t mean there’s something amiss with you. Or that you’re not grateful. It’s a tremendously individual effect, particularly after an extremely difficult and isolating year.â€