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Being sad around the holidays is common. The weather is dark and grey. The days are shorter and you don’t get out of the house as much as you would if the weather was warm and sunny. It’s okay to feel stuck or in a funk. Everyone goes through it. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons — SAD begins and ends at about the same times every year. If you're like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continu

Dealing with family during the holidays is stressful. There are family members that you don’t want to deal with because of things they’ve said and done in the past so it’s understandable that you don’t want to be around them during the holidays, but how do you say no to those family members when they want to see you and want to visit on Christmas. You feel guilty for saying no, but you know that you have to protect your mental health. They will probably use “Its Christmas, it

Social anxiety is hard at any time of the year, but the holidays make it worse since there is a lot going on. Some people thrive on being busy and doing a million things at once, but there are other people who tend to freeze when it comes to just stepping into a store on Christmas eve. Christmas is crazy and intense and if you are someone who struggles anxiety, it can seem like the holidays will never end. You have to try and make the best of it and know that it’s going to pa

Everyone has the same idea to go way for the holidays, especially if you live in a cold climate and want to go somewhere that’s warm. As much as we would love to be able to pack up and go somewhere where we can spend all day on the beach, there’s things to consider. I don’t want to discourage you from planning a trip, if that’s really want you want to do, but you have to think about not only where you want to go, but the financial part of it. You have to think about how many

Setting goals for any reasons is hard especially if you’ve failed in the past, but that shouldn’t stop you from trying. Use the past year as inspiration for the new year. The things you didn’t get to do, carry them over into next year. There is no need to keep coming up with new goals every year. It’s okay to recycle the ones you’ve made. If there is a goal you enjoyed, do it again. If there is one you didn’t like, throw it out. There’s no need to start fresh when you feel li

Christmas is a kid’s favorite time of year. They are excited to have time off school, to hang out with friends and to play in the snow, but there are times where kids don’t have the opportunity to create those memories, but there are ways that you can make memories for them even if it’s something small. It could be something like taking them to see Santa, baking cookies or decorating a gingerbread house. Kids are pretty easy to entertain. A lot of the time, they’re more than

It’s easy to be caught up in the holiday spirt and spend more than you can afford. You want to get everything your kids want, but you know it’s not going to be possible since everything they want is out of your budget. It’s hard and challenging because you want to give your kids a good Christmas, but you know you have to limit yourself on how much you want to spend. I’ve heard people Christmas shop all year. They will see something in February and they will buy it and save it

The holidays are stressful and a lot of people will start to plan early enough where by the time that Christmas comes, they just want to get it over and done with. They don’t seem to enjoy the holidays as much as they should because they spent so much time making everything perfect. There are things that you can do to help you feel like you’re not rushing through everything and making sure you are getting the relaxation that you need during the holiday season. It’s okay to sa

When ketamine is used, its normally used for surgery and to help with pain management. It is considered to be a very powerful dissociative anesthetic . Over the last few years ketamine has been used to help treat treatment-resistant depression  (TRD) with acute suicidal thoughts or actions since it as rapid-acting effects. Ketamine is an FDA approved drug that is used in medical settings, but it could be used in emergencies and on battlefields since ketamine maintains normal

A narcissist is someone with a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. Someone who is a narcissist have a high sense of importance when it comes to themselves. They need to have attention and want people around them to look at them with admiration. They lack feeling into other people’s feelings since they feel like their own feelings are more important. They feel like they have a high power over everyone else. There are two “main” expressio

According to Wikipedia, “Gaslighting”  is the manipulation of someone into questioning their perception of reality. The term derives from the 1944 film Gaslight and became popular in the mid-2010s. With gaslighting comes with things like lying, denying facts and distorting information to make the person doubt themselves. It’s a form of abuse. The victim will be more dependent on the abuser. The victim will be left in confusion, have anxiety and feel isolated. Their confidence

I’ve recently gotten some news, it’s good news, but the way I was told this news was in a way I thought could have gone better. I feel like with this type of news, I would have been told a lot sooner. I feel like if we were as good as friends as I thought we were, I would have learnt about this a lot earlier. Don’t get me wrong, this is something to be happy about, but I’m disappointed, angry and heartbroken. There are so many things I’m feeling regarding this situation. Mont

Everyone grieves differently. Some people want to grieve in private and other people want to express their grieving by talking about the person that has passed. Sometimes grief hits people at different times. Just because someone doesn’t show the signs and symptoms of grief as soon as something happens, doesn’t mean they won’t. You can’t put a timeline on when someone should feel something. It will come eventually. It will come in waves. You could be fine one minute and then

Bullying for anyone is hard, but it’s especially when the person that is getting bullied is different from their peers and classmates. It makes for an easy targets for bullies. As much as kids are more open to other kids to being different, they may not get treated that fairly at home which makes them act out at school. They may use their anger towards others. They don’t know that it’s wrong. When someone is different and doesn’t understand certain things like emotions and fa

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