My mother was always depressed at Christmas

Sorry your Mother got depressed at Christmas time. I am up and down myself at the moment. I think I have too much to do and it is really hard to cope with. I am not looking forward to it and wish it was January. I used to love Christmas time but I think a lot of Mothers get no help and want it all to be perfect for their family. Maybe they are trying to hard I dont know. I really feel like running away and I have not even started wrapping presents. I usually have everything done by now but I really do not want to face it all this year. I have told my husband but he works long hours and he will help, but I really feel like booking a restaurant as Christmas day and all the people is scaring me.

Hi cynthiann, i found ur message because i was typing in that i got depressed at christmas and wanted to know why! as a mother of 3, i do agree with what you said. as a single working mum, you always worry that you can give them enough! I said to my elder 2 children, 20 yrs and 18 yrs old, that i didnt have much money this year, they both said the same thing, "mummy", Tayler (there sister 10 yrs old) she is the one that counts now because she is little," bless them, no matter how old they are, or how much you give them, a little goes a long way, and lots of love goes even further!! Merry Christmas xxxxxx

I think it is how they were raised that accounts for mothers getting depressed. I used to get depressed around Christmas until I realized it was because every Christmas my father used to lay it on me at what I had done wrong, and I was lucky to get anything for Christmas, then there is the preparation, cooking the turkey or the chicken, and the potatoes and making the salads, while everyone else is having fun. This time, we are going to our sons's houses and we will not have to worry.

I think Christmas is hard on a lot of people. Christmas has turned into a holiday about getting stuff. If it is hard for a mother to afford the things for her kids that she thinks she should, then it can lead to depression.

Hi Cynthiann, Emotions are always heightened at this time of year, mothers these days work as well as keeping the home and both need more energy input in the weeks leading up to Christmas, they then usually have all the responsibility of thinking what to get for who and then finding the time to go get and wrap and then the baking of cakes and goodies and making specials decorations with the children. It all takes its toll eh! Christmas has become so commercial that the real meaning of celebrating the birth of baby Jesus has been put to the back ground in many peoples lives and it is all materialism and who can give the best present. Huggles. Ellie :D

Yes according to statics the most sucides takes place around the holidays especially around Christmas. One reason is as you stated people get depressed becasue they are not able to deal with the burdens that they place on themselves during the holiday season. They are not able to afford gifts and other things they want to get their loves ones and they just sink into a depression and find it hard to shake.This can easily happen.