I've just had my weekly therapy session and my therapist suggested I look up c-ptsd. This is because almost every christmas since I've had children (so 14yrs) I've had a severe episode of anxiety, last year being the worst. I've been getting gradually better this year, but now with xmas here again, I'm struggling.
I've always found xmas hard, my parents divorced when I was 7 and I remember feeling really sad, and found it quite dark as a child. As a teen/young adult I just used to get really drunk and see my mates.
This year, I'm scared of going back downhill, but I think it's more than just last year, so think my therapist might be onto something?
Can anyone relate? x