The winter holidays can be filled with stress because of the added demands the expected celebrations create. Gifts, meals, visiting relatives, and extra cleaning all produce added pressure. Tension, frustration, irritation, and a general lack of patience are all common reactions to stress.

A good article that presents the idea of “only one partner in a relationship can be crazy at a time” the term they use is called monologuing and is similar to the concept of using a Native American talking stick.

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