{"id":4301,"date":"2026-11-09T17:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=4301"},"modified":"2026-11-09T17:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:23:45","slug":"how-to-navigate-family-dysfunction-during-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=4301","title":{"rendered":"How to Navigate Family Dysfunction During the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthywomen.org\/media-library\/family-quarreling-during-cooking-dinner.jpg?id=68641442&amp;width=980\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Finally, keep in mind that not only are you not the only one heading into a dysfunctional family setting this holiday season, you\u2019re actually among the vast majority. Everyone, no matter their background, can relate to you in this situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all human, we all have differences of opinions, our different experiences and traumas,\u201d Levi said. \u201cWith different lived experiences comes the possibility of dysfunction happening.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no excuse for prejudice, judgment or hate, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with sitting out a family gathering if it makes you feel unsafe. If, however, you do feel that you can show up to the holiday occasion without sacrificing your mental health, then you should do just that \u2014 and with an open, optimistic mind. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can, give yourself permission to enjoy the holidays with family, even if it&#8217;s only for a small moment,\u201d Levi said. \u201cWe each deserve to be happy and to live in peace \u2014 even if it means creating it for yourself.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthywomen.org\/wellness\/navigating-family-dynamics-during-the-holidays\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, keep in mind that not only are you not the only one heading into a dysfunctional family setting this holiday season, you\u2019re actually among the vast majority. Everyone, no matter their background, can relate to you in this situation. \u201cWe are all human, we all have differences of opinions, our different experiences and traumas,\u201d Levi said. \u201cWith different lived experiences comes the possibility of dysfunction happening.\u201d There\u2019s no excuse for prejudice, judgment or hate, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with sitting out a family gathering if it makes you feel unsafe. If, however, you do feel that you can show up to the holiday occasion without sacrificing your mental health, then you should do just that \u2014 and with an open, optimistic mind. \u201cIf you can, give yourself permission to enjoy the holidays with family, even if it&#8217;s only for a small moment,\u201d Levi said. \u201cWe each deserve to be happy and to live in peace \u2014 even if it means creating it for yourself.\u201d Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}