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Coping with Holiday Depression
Coping with Holiday Depression There’s something very rare and very real when people who struggle with depression open up and share their struggles around coping with holiday depression. As a recovering depressed person, I can always tell if the discussion is clinical and factual or if it is coming from the heart or the gut… There’s a pain that comes with depression that you can’t pretend. I am always reading about depression; depression and food, depression and exercise, depression and state of mind thinking, etc. Today I read a really good article written by Kasandra Brabaw. In the article she shares the experiences of four women with depression at holiday…
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Look Back or Look Ahead
When the year is ending, do you look back or look ahead? I’m not talking about taxes or a business plan here although they are very important. What I’m referring to when I ask if you look back or look ahead is your attitude toward your life. Are you someone who looks back, holds on to the past and regrets the year that is ending, or are you someone who relishes new year with its opportunities, challenges and excitement? The unknowns, the dreams to be achieved and realized…where does your focus lie? This is a particularly important question from my point of view, because as a chronically depressed person for the…
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Happy Festivus! Do you Celebrate it?
I Want to Wish You Happy Festivus! Did you know today is Festivus Day? It is, and for your enjoyment, I’m going to give you a link to the Seinfeld episode that shows the great scene with Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) that brought the holiday of Festivus to us all. No matter what holidays you do or do not celebrate, humor and the ability to laugh at ourselves is so important. The back story on how Festivus came to be is pretty cool, too, and you can read about it here. I had no idea how it came to be… Seinfeld was such a classic, and it’s always good for…
