Reminiscing About Eid Holidays
While eid can be an occasion for fun and festivity for most, it can also be somewhat exhausting for some. This exhaustion mostly stems from the emotional toll borne as a result of staying with family for extended periods of time. It can be tiresome because having more than usual family time reawakens many wounds of the past that one tries to constantly bury deep inside one's unconscious mind. For me eid, or any other holidays for that matter, can be triggering as hell. I had a pretty sad childhood growing up and having to put up with family members who were somehow responsible for the trauma can be quitr damaging for one's mental health. Since, such gathering can't altogether be avoided, I try to come up with boundaries with my family so as to limit the damage as much as I can. This isn't always helpful though because one has feelings of ambivalence towards one's parents and siblings: on the one hand, we know that they are toxic to certain extent and need to get av...