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Spoonie Holiday Survival Masterpost

The holidays are great, for sure, but they’re also a huge source of stress and exhaustion—not the best for our sensitive selves. But fear not! We’ve got a collection of resources here to help you get through these cheery weeks with minimum pain and maximum festivity!

Although nearly all of these articles yell CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! (sorry), they do contain a lot of advice that folks celebrating other holidays will appreciate. So if you can get past the Christmas-heavy discussion (and nobody’s blaming you if you can’t), go ahead and still have a click!

We’ll add to this (and update/correct) as resources pop up, so definitely check back on the original post 🎁

• Tips On Managing Chronic Illness at Christmas (When Tania Talks) —Coping, pacing, and dealing with friends & family.
  
  
• Chronic Christmas: Surviving The Holidays with a Chronic Illness (Lene Andersen) —A book-slash-advent-calendar with self-care tips and ways that family and friends can support you ($4 digital/$9 print).
  
  
• Low Spoons Christmas (@frameacloud​) —List of nice ways to get in the spirit of Christmas, ordered by amount of spoons needed. 
  
  
• How to Create Your Own Authentic Holiday Season… and Bypass the Craziness (Chronic Babe) —Make the holidays your own by brainstorming what matters most to you, then put it in action!
  
  
• The ADHD Brain Holiday Prep List and Printable (Squirrel Box) —Holiday prep list templates; covers some general (but still spoonie-centric) concerns.
  
  
• Yup. I’m That Person Who’s Finished Their Shopping Already (@digestivecookie​) —How one spoonie with Crohn’s gets through the season. Highlights include these fabulous new terms: aggresting and pre-eating.
  
  
• And finally: just a reminder to check your prescription med coverage mid-December and order refills if needed, before the pharmacies all shut down.