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My Best Cure for the Holiday Blues
Tips on Surviving and Thriving During This Festive (Yet Hectic) Time of the Year
We all have been there: a tad of moodiness, self-pity, depressive feelings, frustration, and a case of ‘blah’. I’m talking about mild symptoms, not a serious case of depression or genuine mental illness. Many get “The Blues” at this time of year: Winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
As the days get colder and shorter, there is potentially more indoor alone time and less sunshine influences us. This can bring on a certain melancholy for people, especially those who have negative mindset tendencies by nature. I happen to be one of those people, so this is about me.
I’m a serious type, on the outside social and love to joke, but on the inside, my thoughts run as deep as Lake Tahoe. I think. A lot. About the meaning of life, if love even exists, and about all the injustices happening around the world. I was always like that, tough on the outside but sensitive on the inside. No surprise that I also like to read and write poetry and listen to sad love songs.
Every December, come what may, I bounce between the euphoric high of the holiday spirit and an epic low of Christmas blues. Without fail. For years. Luckily, the excitement of preparing for the holidays combined with increased…
