Holiday blues or having a joyous time of the year is a choice in
most cases. About 5% suffer from seasonal affective disorder
(SAD), it is a type of depression that tends to occur (and
recur) as the days grow shorter in the fall and winter. This
affects more people as they get further away from the equator.
There are other reasons some people suffer depression or anxiety
during the holidays and two common reasons are because of a
traumatic event or being less fortunate in their youth. I have
the opportunity to be able to use both of these excuses to be
depressed during the holidays. So if we use these three reasons
to justify our being depressed there are ways to overcome them,
even for Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD. Whatever reasons we
have for being sad there are ways to reduce or eliminate the
blues that work year round. The first three tips of coping from
the Mayo clinic are (shortened for space constraints): -
Acknowledge your feelings. If someone close to you has recently
died or you can’t be with lov