Exclusive | ‘Holiday regression’ is real: How adults wallow in childhood anxieties again when they head home to see family

Exclusive | ‘Holiday regression’ is real: How adults wallow in childhood anxieties again when they head home to see family

There’s no place like home for the holidays — or the natural slide back into adolescent feelings and behaviors that often accompany being back with family during Christmastime. Coined by some mental health professionals as “holiday regression,” the tendency to revert to old dynamics, habits and especially anxieties during familial festivities can be an annoying … Read more