Dr. Edward Hallowell

Your brain changes.

You fall madly, insanely crazy in love.

with this little peeing and pooping machine whom you don't even know.

And yet you almost instantly become not only willing, but eager to give away your time, your money, uh, your sleep, your dignity.

And, and, you know, you gotta be crazy to do it.

And you say, this is so much fun.

Let's do it again.

Absolutely, they do.

My advice to you is maybe take that holiday as a chance to developing some kind of connection that can become meaningful.

Maybe it's a time to get a dog, or maybe it's a time to go back to church or synagogue, or maybe it's a time to take up a

some hobby that you've wanted to take up, even something as simple as crocheting or cooking or, or, you know, starting a little garden inside your house or, you know, there are things you can take up that will, that will serve as points of connection.

And then you can find other people who are interested in that, you know, and, and, you know, one of my favorite lines, I use it all the time.

It really, it's a line to live by, never worry alone.

So when you're feeling upset, worried, concerned, reach out somehow.

It doesn't have to be in person.

It doesn't have to be, you know, against your grain, but don't worry alone.

That's when bad things happen.

That's when you do self-destructive stuff.

That's when you feel intense despair.

That's when people commit suicide, you know, when you're worrying alone.