Posts tagged sad
10 Ways to Beat the Winter Blues

Does Daylight Savings have you down? You’re not alone! You may have heard of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a form of depression that affects 5% of American adults in the winter months. But did you know that 10-20% of adults experience a milder form of seasonal depression nicknamed the “winter blues”? That’s right, that sluggish feeling you get when days get shorter and the weather gets colder just might be clinical. But don’t despair, we put together a list of activities guaranteed to get you out of bed and back into the world.

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It’s not just you: Why you feel weird lately

If you’ve started feeling odd as we come up upon the one-year-anniversary since a lot of us started quarantining, it’s not just you. You might just be experiencing just one or a few of these things, but some things you may notice are:

  • Sleep problems

  • Strange or unpleasant dreams

  • Irritability

  • A feeling of restlessness

  • Feelings of sadness, anger, guilt, and/or anxiety without a clear cause

  • Flare ups of chronic health issues


Does any of that sound like what your last few days or weeks have been like? If so, then you might be having a trauma anniversary.


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Three tips for surviving the holidays

Whether you’re spending the holidays with family, with friends, or with yourself this year, your celebrations probably won’t live up to the impossibly wholesome fireside gatherings that the media depicts as the norm. Well, the good news is that no matter how many pictures of glistening ham you see on Instagram, nobody else’s holiday is going to be perfect, either. So, we’ve come up with some tips for making the most out of your holidays, whatever they look like.

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