Holiday Blues
The holiday season — a time for
shopping, decorating, partying, and
visiting with loved ones — can also
be a time for fatigue, headaches,
irritability and possibly even depres-
sion for some.
The reasons? Seasonal changes
associated with the holiday season
often result in increased stress levels
for many people. The stress, in turn,
may manifest itself both physically in
such symptoms as fatigue and head-
aches, or may be cycled emotionally
into the holiday "blues," and, ulti-
mately, depression.
Along with all the holiday hoopla,
the season produces changes in our
normal patterns of existence and
changes in our normal spending
patterns.
There are a number of things peo-
ple can do to minimize the stresses
and derive more enjoyment from the
holiday season. Experts offer the
following tips to avoid the holiday
"blues:"
Try to keep holiday visits short and
compact. Don't feel compelled to stay
beyond your limit. Keep in mind that
older people particularly tire easily
and that shorter, pre-arranged visits
usually have more quality than those
that drag on too long.
Keeping in mind that in America
our holidays are largely commercial,
and competition for buying is enhanc-
ed, try to avoid gift-buying competi-
tion, particularly between both sets
of grandparents. Parents can set down
guidelines and artfuly handle this
potentially stressful situation.
The holidays can be exhausting if
you let them be. Adjust your schedule
and don't plan too many stops or too
much driving or shopping at one
time.
Try to get in touch with your
physical symptoms and recognize
your own stress patterns, so you can
stop the stress cycle.
Build into your day some progres-
sive muscular relaxation to keep your
stress/tension level under control.
Try to take 1/2 hour a day and be
good to yourself. Rejuvenate yourself.
Exercise if you possibly can.
Basically, stress causes the misuse
of good energy. Your goal for the holi-
day season should be not to eliminate
all stress but, rather, to handle as
much stress as you can and to con-
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