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It's perfectly OK to feel like shit at the holidays
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It's perfectly OK to feel like shit at the holidays

Holidays don't always mean happiness.

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Ted Bauer
Dec 17, 2018
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We have this belief that because the holidays are so joyous and N'Sync songs are playing everywhere and everyone is tagging Mariah Carey in their IG posts, that it's all supposed to be great and OK and perfect and fun and happy.

Let me hit you with some reality: it's not. In fact, here's the overwhelming amount of stuff I think about this season:

  • I'm 38 a…

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