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[HereSince1628]

6. Sounds like 'it' got to you.

and your plan is to avoid it next year.
Feeling bad is something nobody wants, and its a hard place
from which to make observations...
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There's a lot built into your short reply, you can, of course, unpack it better than I can...but from my chair:

Avoiding bad things can be perfectly reasonable, even if going to the South Pole isn't practical.

Wanting to do something like swaddling so that you can feel better is, imho, desiring to do a wholesome thing that makes you feel good.

Having an expectation that the hurtful thing won't last, suggests a measure of hopefulness.


Boiled down, the general pattern of your plan sounds like a good outline for getting through a lot more than a stinky holiday season:

Avoid the things that hurt you
Do good things for yourself
Expect life to get better.

That looks a lot like a recipe for beating depression.