New Year's euphoria? Let’s not force ourselves into a good mood if it isn’t there

I have noticed that at the end of each year, during the December holidays, we are carried away by some irrational optimism and the need to hope and strive to be better than we are, and the recommendation is that we should not force ourselves to be in a good mood if we do not already feel so.

Because, as he says, the year behind us is completely different from the others, marked by pandemics and confusion on a global scale, it brought a different mood during the New Year and Christmas holidays.

On the one hand, because of the ubiquitous anti-epidemic restrictions, but on the other hand, because many will feel the consequences of the numerous frustrations accumulated in the years of the corona.

Many will not feel completely at home, and the accumulated fatigue, anxiety, financial uncertainty, care for ourselves and the health of those we love will affect and profoundly change the parameters of our mental health.

Embrace every feeling that comes to you, aware that your feelings have changed this year, that you are different than you were. Accept that it's okay not to feel "festive."

Many people show signs of agarophobia, so it is recommended that in such cases we honestly face the fear of open space, but also try to understand what makes us happy or occupies our attention while we are at home.

It is an opportunity to rediscover forgotten or repressed experiences and to embark on a journey through our inner being. Then we are open to learning and experimenting with new, hitherto undiscovered and unknown activities.

A pandemic has affected our spontaneity and endangered our social being, but thanks to social networks we can always connect with people we cannot see and interact directly.

Psychologists recommend that we write down our thoughts and feelings, that we give them at least a little attention every day.

We should not hesitate to do the things we desire just because there is no one beside us to share our feelings with us. The end of the year and the New Year's holidays encourage us all to think optimistically, to hope for a new beginning of the life cycle. The transition to the new year is an opportunity to truly accept that we have changed and to adopt with joy, and without fear, our new self. New Year's "melancholic blues" should open the way for a meaningful and useful transition and a more mature and stronger self for the year to come. In any case, I hope that the new year will be better for us, that we will be healthier in every sense of the word, and that we will finally be able to spend time together with all the people dear to us.