分享- the other side of holiday

寒月

一个美国朋友在中国工作，发来特殊的节日问候。说得很对，节取一段拿来跟大家分享。
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Holiday time once again is upon us. That time of year when family and friends get together and celebrate the good things in our lives. A time of cheer and happiness and of realizing those things that we should be grateful for. And for some, this will be what this season brings. But in my area of work in psychiatry, I often see the other side of this coin. This time of year is also when the depression, anxiety and suicide rates are at their worst. A time when some feel the most lonely that they can possibly feel. A time of year that reminds them of the opposite, of what they don't have in their life. Of the things they are missing. Those unfulfilled emotions that are now magnified by this holiday season.

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That's true.
Your friend must be a real friend of you.Good for you!
Everything has two sides.
I got the same feeling ,too. Not only in the essay.

寒月

Thanks for the appreciation.