Christmas Stress For A Super Woman November 19, 2008
Posted by janey in : stress management , comments closedApparently, my mom tells me, that everyone the Christmas sadness one time or two in their life.I always thought that it was impossible.Christmas is my favorite. Every year I look forward to Christmas more than any other holiday. they are correct really. I’ve got the Christmas blues. Christmas stress have officially arrived. I can’t even bring myself to hang the flocked garland.
I cant think of what has gotten into me. I just feel so tired lately. I was planning on getting presents for all my list this week, but if I’m not in the right mood I just can’t go shopping.It’s my personal Christmas shopping principle to have “the right kind of cheer” whenever you shop because it will reflect a great deal with the gifts you choose. As if things couldn’t get any worse, mu husband Jim was talking to his boss who mentioned how much fun he had at last years dinner party so essentially invited himself.Jim must have “forgotten” to tell me again last night.
On top of everything else like the gifts I still have left to buy, and the Christmas stress I have going on, I still have a dinner party to get ready. I’d like to switch the toggle to turn myself into Superwoman. There’s nothing going on. I am overly tired. I hope I’m not coming down with the flu or something.It’ll be a blow for the kids. People have come to expect the happy cheerful me at Christmas time. I don’t want to bring down the party.
Ugh. I truly don’t feel very good.Excuse me…. WHAT!? My Christmas stress is officially over.
I just got the news that me and my husband are having a baby! Bring on the party! I guess the red garland might get hung this year.
A Doctors Look At Her Stressful Life November 19, 2008
Posted by janey in : stress management , comments closedMany people think that Christmas stress is about the Christmas rush, or is experienced when you made a lot of preparation for the Yuletide Season, like the food, decorations, and in choosing for the perfect presents to be given to every member of the household, or to your friends. For some of us we aren’t so lucky as for our main source of stress to be what goes under the pre lit christmas tres, but a lot of other considerations. For physicians like me, the holiday stress doesn’t just disappear after Christmas day is over and the house is cleaned up. For doctors the holidays last 365 days a year, or really the holiday stress follows us everywhere.
Christmas is about giving, and changing lives. Doctors are forced to make life and death decisions on a daily basis on behalf of our patents. The doctors job is to try to raise their spirits, especially when we can give them hope for recovery. Doctors do everything in their power to make clients feel better, when when recovery is near impossible, we just do our best to help them accept their situation and make them make the best out of the time they have left.
That’s why all the days of the year are like Christmas, and it really does make for a lot of stress on ones person, it’s a major thing when you’re being part of someone’s last breath. It gets really hard some times to be tough in front of someone who is dying, and all that you can really do is be sympathetic, or most of the time just letting them be with family is best. That’s what makes my job so stressful. It’s true when I say that holiday stress can be very different when you’re a doctor, because you can’t run away from it, it becomes a part of everyday normal life. So this year when you’re sitting around the lighted christmas garland just relax and think it could be worse.
