How to Combat Holiday Blues

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Tip 1 - Holiday Anxiety and Depression: Click for Survival Tips

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mark Velazquez | permalink

Learn how to manage holiday depression, stress, and anxiety symptoms with these helpful tips. If you feel anxious and stressed due to unrealistic expectations, financial pressure, and too many holiday commitments, click for help!

For further reading: http://www.medicinenet.com/holiday_depression_and_stress/article.htm ^[1]

Tip 2 - 5 Ways to Stop the Holiday Blues

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sheila Parker - Griffith | permalink

If you are feeling less than cheerful this holiday season, you have a lot of company. We will show you 5 ways that you can prevent or overcome the Holiday Blues.
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For further reading: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/5-ways-to-stop-the-holiday-blues.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to beat the post-holiday blues

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Steven Masur | permalink

Has the end of the holiday period got you down already? It's all a matter of attitude, writes Bronwyn McNulty.

For further reading: http://www.traveller.com.au/how-to-beat-the-postholiday-blues-1qd0v ^[3]

Tip 4 - 10 Tips to Beat the Holiday Blues

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jas Dhooper | permalink

As we approach Thanksgiving, we're starting a five-week period called "the holidays." We're supposed to look forward to the holidays and hope that they will be a time of happiness, friendliness, fellowship, and harmony. Yet often our anticipation and excitement turns into feelings of depression, commonly called holiday blues.

For further reading: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-therapist-is-in/200911/10-tips-beat-the-holiday-blues ^[4]

Tip 5 - 11 Tips for Avoiding Holiday Depression Triggers

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Reese Bacon | permalink

High expectations, money woes, and other holiday hazards can spell trouble for those prone to depression. With a bit of foresight and planning, however, holidays can leave you feeling up, not down. Follow these tips for a successful holiday.

For further reading: http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20550695,00.html ^[5]

Tip 6 - Tips for Holiday Depression

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Roger Koopmann | permalink

Depression is never easy, but it's especially hard during the holidays. Here are tips to help you cope.
Tags: Depression, holiday depression, seasonal affective disorder, SAD, holiday blues, stress, grief

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/depression/holidays07/ ^[6]

Tip 7 - Beating the Holiday Blues

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by eric feitler | permalink

Joy to the world! ‘Tis the season to be jolly! Festive music fills the air; holiday cheer abounds. Everyone is happy at holiday time — right? Wrong. Truth be told, many people feel lonely, sad, anxious and depressed at this time of year. How...
Tags: holiday,blues,holidays,sunlight,purcell

For further reading: http://psychcentral.com/lib/beating-the-holiday-blues/000390 ^[7]