Celebrating a birthday should be fun and enjoyable. After all- you have lived another year of your life and are ready to start a new one at a higher age! Some people, though, feel sad (or at least nervous) at celebrating another birthday. This is what we like to call having the "birthday blues." The "birthday blues" can be enough to bring someone down in an occasion that should be rather fun and festive.
January 15 is my own birthday! So while I am awaiting my actual birthday to come, I figured I'd blog about the birthday blues here.
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^ from: sovcal.com - Birthdays are supposed to be joyous occasions, but they can sometimes depress people.
A birthday is a joyous occasion to take part in. One's birthday should be a celebration of living a full year and starting a new one. Especially any birthday where you can finally take on newer responsibilities should be embraced. For example, turning 18 or 21 in the United States allows you certain extra freedoms. Young ladies in Latin cultures who celebrate quinceañeras also have something special to celebrate.
By these things, a birthday should be an enjoyable occasion. However, they are not as joyous for some people. It is a weird case involving birthdays. For one thing, being older means you are able to enjoy certain freedoms; but on the other hand, being older just makes you feel older and make you miss what freedoms you had when you were younger. Some older people end up feel sad about being young and youthful. Some older people even feel sad about birthdays because they do not know how much longer they have to live. It is almost to say that each birthday makes some feel like the end of their lives just inch closer and closer. We all know we can't live forever. Something like birthdays can make us feel older than we actually are.
One of the reasons why people often dread birthdays is because some look back on their lives and feel disappointed they haven't accomplished too much at their previous age. Maybe some others wish they accomplished more at a younger age when a birthday happens. There is still a lot to be desired as people get older. If someone has the birthday blues feeling bad about not accomplishing certain things at a younger age, it may be possible to motivate someone to accomplish certain things in the future that one could not accomplish in the past. Getting older may also mean pushing to do certain things like find love, move to a new location, start a new job, start a family, or anything like that. A potential pitfall to having this kind of thinking in advance of a birthday is the feeling of one is running out of time in life to enjoy certain liberties or opportunities. It means some people feel they have to "hurry up" and experience certain things before dying. This only adds extra stress to someone trying to live a great life. There are some things you probably will never get to experience that you probably could have enjoyed in the past, such as a prom or having a yearbook. You just have to move on and make due with what life you have at present.
I'll try to offer some final thoughts next.
Birthday Blues: Final Thoughts
While birthdays are worth celebrating, birthdays themselves do not always reflect happiness for some people who deal with the "birthday blues." Birthdays make some people feel older and further get driven away from being young and youthful. Feeling older only makes some people feel more disappointed than happy. It is great to get loving support from family and friends from when it is your birthday. Enjoy birthdays and enjoy celebrating another year of your life. Even if you are of an advanced age, you should be thankful to have lived such a long life with potentially more years to come. Newer challenges will come as you get older, but try to remain as youthful and as happy as you can be. You may need some help if you feel depressed when your birthday comes. Regardless, never lose happiness as you get older. Look at birthdays much the same way you think of the new year- it's a new year of you making the most of the next full year of your life even as you look back at your past. Having the "birthday blues" is common for when your birthday draws near, but the most important thing to remember is that you have the rest of your life ahead of you. So savor each day and never lose focus of continuing to live life the best way you can.
Resources.
If you'd like some insight as to how to beat the birthday blues, here are some links I looked up online as I was researching this topic: • Birthday Depression: 13 Ways to Beat the Birthday Blues (Medical News Today)• Birthday Depression: 12 Ways to Conquer the Birthday Blues (Healthline)
• This is Why Birthdays Can Make People Depressed (VICE)
• Birthday Depression: Coping With the Birthday Blues
If any of you have a birthday coming up, happy [early] birthday! Or if today is your birthday proper, then happy birthday!
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