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…
Keep the Holiday Support Going
You may be breathing a sigh of relief now that the holidays are over. There’s no question that there are many aspects of the holiday season that are tough on someone with depression. Things that tax your energy like shopping and cooking, parties and gatherings that require you to…
10 Ways to Take Care of Your Emotional Health During the Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but it’s often the most stressful time of the year also. Even if you don’t suffer from clinical depression, you need to take care of your emotional health.
Simplify the Holidays to Preserve Your Sanity
My parents do a beautiful job with decorating for Christmas – they always have. Every year they get a real live tree. They have a couple of hundred of beautiful ornaments, as well as garlands and other assorted decorations. The tree is always put up at least two weeks…
Managing Depression During the Holidays
Right before I got diagnosed with depression, I suffered through the most horrible Christmas ever. On the surface, everything was fine. I spent Christmas Day with my family as usual and a couple of days later my best friend got married in a lovely ceremony and reception. But…