My Look At The Stress Of The Holidays

Posted on November 13, 2008
Filed Under Stress Management |

Lots of people think that the stress of the Holidays comes from the Christmas rush, or that people stress out from the pressure of the season, like decoration, the Christmas turkey or ham, or picking out the perfect present to make family members happy. 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 us, Christmas is the entire 365 days of the calendar, or in short, everyday is Christmas day.

The holidays are about hope and giving life. Doctors are forced to make life and death decisions on a daily basis on behalf of our patents. We make them happy, especially if we can detect hope for their illness. 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. There are times, you can’t hold long by being strong in front of a dying patient, and what you can do is just to empathize, or better yet, get out of the room and keep the sorrow for yourself. This is the reason why being a doctor can overload one with stress. For doctors, as opposed to most other people out there, the stress of the holidays sticks around 365 days a year and is inescapable. So this year when you’re sitting around the lighted christmas wreath just relax and think it could be worse.

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