From: ABC News
How to Beat the Holiday Blues
December 12, 2011
ABC News:
They say it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But for many Americans, the holiday season is the most hectic, most stressful and most demanding.
“There’s the huge expectation to be jolly and cheerful and there’s often a big contrast between how people are actually feeling and how they’re expected to feel,” said Nadine Kaslow, chief psychologist at Emory University School of Medicine. “A lot of the discomfort of the holidays lays in that discrepancy.”
The financial strain of gift-giving, the memories of holidays past and the weight of wanting everything to be perfect can take its toll. But managing expectations and keeping things laid back can help stave off the holiday blues.
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