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I hate Sundays

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mistymirror · 16/02/2025 09:59

I've always hated Sundays. Ever since I was a little girl I would just get this really heavy, sad feeling on a Sunday and I wondered if anyone else did/does?
I used to spend my weekends with my Dad as a child and he would take me home on a Sunday where I would cry because I missed him so much in the week so I'm not sure if this feeling has just stayed with me deep down and now Sundays are tainted for me. But I'm in my 30s now, married with children and there's no need for me to hate this day so much but I still do. Sunday is like a January for me. Anyone else feel the same or do I need therapy? 🙈

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mycatsanutter · 16/02/2025 10:20

@mistymirror what do you do on Sundays ?

FairBrickBiscuit · 16/02/2025 10:14

I used to hate Sundays too as a child, they used to make me feel very anxious. I come from a country where everything is closed on Sundays and the streets are eerily quiet…like a ghost town. As an only child with pretty absent parents it used to make me feel intensely lonely. Now that I live in the UK it feels more like a normal day and I’m reconciled with Sundays.

OP the advice above seems great and I hope you get rid of your Sunday blues.

serendipity70 · 16/02/2025 10:12

MrsMoastyToasty · 16/02/2025 10:10

I'm old enough to remember Sundays in the 70s and 80s when nothing was open, because it was before the Sunday trading laws changed. You were lucky if you could find an out of hours pharmacy; your local newsagents might open for a couple of hours whilst the newspaper boys and girls got ready to do their rounds; or a mini market place the other side of the city.
Sightseeing opportunities were also limited, unless they were free.
For me Sundays were all downhill after Sunday lunch because it meant homework, Antiques Roadshow, supper, bath and bed.

I'm old enough to remember Sundays being like this - and you couldn't buy alcohol on a Sunday!

MrsMoastyToasty · 16/02/2025 10:10

I'm old enough to remember Sundays in the 70s and 80s when nothing was open, because it was before the Sunday trading laws changed. You were lucky if you could find an out of hours pharmacy; your local newsagents might open for a couple of hours whilst the newspaper boys and girls got ready to do their rounds; or a mini market place the other side of the city.
Sightseeing opportunities were also limited, unless they were free.
For me Sundays were all downhill after Sunday lunch because it meant homework, Antiques Roadshow, supper, bath and bed.

toomuchfaff · 16/02/2025 10:08

Sounds like you need to rewire that particular bit of brain.

Make Sundays amazing, but not massively extravagant, I mean make your brain think they are amazing, set small goals, and say to yourself things like
I'm happy to be experiencing this
This is a good day
Look at that blue sky
OMG a puppy let's go stroke a dog
A beautiful sunrise/sunset
A hug from X how wonderful
I achieved my goal today, how brilliant
A tidy bed, to start the day - I did well

small things, but big outlandish celebrations (in private if needs be )

You have to start triggering some good hormones on a Sunday. Every Sunday.

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