Surviving the Holidays as a Teen with Depression (video)
Being a teen with depression and/or social anxiety during the holidays isn’t easy. Lawrence shares his thoughts and commiseration.
Holiday Depression (aka Holiday Blues or Holiday Stress) and How to Handle It (video)
During the holiday season, are you humming “Holly Jolly Christmas” or is “Blue Christmas” the song that keeps running through your head? Maybe it’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” with its wistful longing. Are you surprised that you don’t feel as joyous and celebratory as you usually do, or…
Beating the Holiday Blues
During the holiday season, are you humming “Holly Jolly Christmas” or is “Blue Christmas” the song that keeps running through your head? Maybe it’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” with its wistful longing. Are you surprised that you don’t feel as joyous and celebratory as you usually do, or…
5 Ways You Can Help Someone with Depression at the Holidays (video)
If you know someone with depression, you might be aware that the holidays can be hard on them. We have some suggestions on how you can make things easier.
Alone and Depressed During the Holidays
Dealing with clinical depression during the holidays can be difficult, to put it mildly. If you’re going to be facing the holidays alone and you have depression, the situation may seem like more than you can bear. By Christmas Eve, your depression voice might be telling you that you’re…
Depression and the Holidays Survival Guide
Let's face it - even in an un-depressed state, the holidays can be stressful and often disappointing. We run ourselves ragged buying gifts, cooking, decorating and entertaining. Tempers flare as we're thrown together with relatives whom we see infrequently, and don't necessarily enjoy spending time with. Expectations are high…
Doing Cocooning Right: Your Environment – with the Sims (video)
We depressives are frequently drawn towards cocooning, the practice of hanging out in our homes for most of our free time. A lot of the time that’s due to a lack of energy, but also a need to be “safe” in our own little nest. Not to mention that…
(Real) Self-Care for Depression and Anxiety (YouTube Playlist)
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Making Your Home More Welcoming for the Winter
I’ve written about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a type of depression that is triggered by different seasons. A small amount of people are affected by the late spring and summer, but many more are laid low by winter. What if, however, you don’t have SAD per se, but are…
Natural Ways to Treat Insomnia
There are few things as frustrating and debilitating as insomnia. Lack of sleep affects your short-term and long-term wellbeing. And anxiety, depression and insomnia can be inter-related. Anxiety and depression can disrupt sleep, and sleep problems can cause anxiety and depression. Although the secret to good sleep may seem…