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Beating the Holiday Blues

The holiday shopping season kicked off a week ago, and now that it’s December, the holiday season really is in full swing.  But for some, the holidays just aren’t that cheery.

FOX News Radio’s Chris Hoenig has some holiday advice:

Audio clip:

(Andy Williams – “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”) “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…”

Not for everybody.  Cleveland Clinic psychologist Dr. Michael McKee says the holiday blues are a real thing, usually triggered by trying to recreate a perfect holiday.

(Dr. McKee) “You’re not able to celebrate the way you’d like to, and you’re reminded of losses that happened around the holiday season.”

The solution?  Counting your blessings, literally.  McKee says studies show it works.

(Dr. McKee) “If you’re having trouble counting them, write down three good things that have happened to you.  Write down at least one person you’re grateful for having in your life.”

Chris Hoenig, FOX News Radio.




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One Comment

  1. Lost

    December 2, 2012 at 11:58 pm

    I'm not so happily married with a 12 year old son. I lost my father to illness in 2009 along with being laid off. I gained another job in 2010. I was doing ok, but still unhappily married. I lost 28 pounds and was feeling great about myself. In 2011 my contract ended on my job. I lost my mother to pneumonia earlier this year. Here we are during the holiday's and I still have no job and still unhappily married. I'm so depressed. I cry everyday. My health is not the greatest. We have no health insurance, but made sure out son had insurance. I feel close to the end. I want to give up. I miss both my parents so much. I find no happiness in anything that I do. I feel like a failure in this thing called "life". I'm not sure how to move forward. I feel like my son would be better off without me. Please help me. I don't know what to do.