How to deal with Christmas depression

New year, the idea is that the most favorite and fun holiday of the year, but at this time people are most vulnerable to depression. A psychiatrist from the University Loyola Dr. Angelos Halaris argues that the quest for new year's gifts and search for holiday entertainment can be quite stressful occupations. In the New year, we often remember our loved ones who are no longer that evokes a sense of loss.


How to recognize depression and how to avoid it? First, if you feel that is rapidly immersed in it, then don't be shy to ask for help from specialists. Alarming signs of mental illness will be two or more weeks consistently bad mood, frequent tears, change of appetite, decreased energy level, exaggerated feelings of guilt or shame, loss of interest in daily activities, difficulty concentrating, persistent thoughts about death or suicide.




But if you think that all these symptoms are not the hard way, and you have the strength to overcome their own, the doctor Halaris recommends the following plan of action:




1. Nehruji any work. Do things that you are interesting, and the execution of which may be internal promotion for you.




2. Often, you can relax. Excellent walks in the winter cross-country skiing. Believe me, only at first you'll think it ridiculous or difficult. Then retract.




3. A great way to help yourself is to try to help someone else. Go out with friends, discuss their problems, offer help.




4. The journey is one of the most effective ways to overcome depressed. Christmas tours to the Caribbean are expensive, but why not go to another city (for example, to go from Kiev to Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov).




5. Shopping is the right antidepressant. The choice of new clothes, underwear, cosmetics, accessories and cherished knick-knacks, guaranteed to lift your mood.




6. Cinema, music, theatres, museums - just try not to visit black films or performances. Choose something cheerful.




7. If you grieve for some recently deceased loved one, then make up new commemorative tradition. For example, light dinner candle on the table in remembrance of him, or try to relax as he loved to relax it. What could cause a smile on the face of the past from you loved one? So do so, so it was fun and good.

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