The Take Up Space Therapy Blog

Reflections on burnout, boundaries, breaking cycles, and surviving late-stage everything.

You Don’t Have to Go Home for the Holidays—Signed, a Therapist

It's mid-November and your mom asks if you'll be home for Thanksgiving. Your stomach drops. The thought of sitting at that table again—pretending everything's fine—feels unbearable. But the guilt? That feels unbearable too. Here's what a therapist wants you to know: you don't have to go.

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