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>>I am not a happy person in crowds. <<
Understatement……….
The neuro-psych doc person explained a lot to me in his diagnosis, and subsequent discussion of same.
He said I don’t connect well to people, and prefer being alone much of the time because of this. He said my wife was a very rare exception – that I did for some reason seem to connect with her on a deeper level, that I lacked that ability in most other cases. He could not explain why I was able to form a bond with her when I wasn’t able to otherwise form such bonds. Not that I could be a hermit, but I didn’t require constant human interaction, just in short bursts, limited times and durations.
“social-anxiety” he said played a roll in that. In a way I’m sort of like my youngest son – lack of “empathy” with humans overall. I connect much better with animals (specifically cats!), humans, I can take ’em or leave ’em as he put it.
I think that all comes into play with the holidays for me – however, I do feel a bit closer to some people then and seem to make exceptions this time of year.
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