Protecting our mental health this Christmas!

[bebbygirl]

I know Christmas is supposed to be a most wonderful time..but it always just is stressful, too much and the kids are out of their routines.. I end up exhausted!! To be honest I find weekend hard enough! This is bothering me so much I wrote this (and made my partner read it)
The paradox about weekends, holidays and Christmas

Yep I hear you. My mental health is already in a bad place. I am dreading Christmas. Almost 2 weeks off work but it's also 2 weeks off for the kids and husband. I simply just don't want to be around them for that long. It's constant stress and demands and I just wish I could book 2 nights away in a hotel by myself.

It was like a lightbulb going off for me last summer when it finally dawned on me that weekends and holidays are not “down time”, but are actually my busiest time. Just understanding that fact has been a game changer.