I’ve noticed that over Xmas there have been a lot of people out there writing angry posts and commenting with a vicious meanness on other peoples problems or posts. It makes me think that a lot of people are really hurting - and that they feel angry, unappreciated, not seen, not loved, especially by those closest to them - parents, siblings, husbands, wives, children - and I reckon it turns into a real display of coldness, cruelness and a lack of empathy to others because we feel utterly bereft ourselves.
Just my two cents and I hope that those who are feeling down, including those whose mean comments to others sort of indicate they do also, take a moment to be a bit kinder to themselves. Christmas is hard. Expectations are socially and culturally embedded for everything to be perfect and to have the perfect family for Christmas - but it’s all bollocks really.