Avoiding the holiday blues - Dallas Examiner dallasexaminer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dallasexaminer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Well, here we are again, the last few weeks of the year. Those weeks that include Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s—collectively called “the holidays.”
Avoiding the holiday blues requires attention to details
The season can bring on depression
COURTESY ALPHONSO GIBBS JR.
Alphonso Gibbs Jr. is a Men s Health Network advisory member.
The six weeks encompassing Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s collectively called “the holidays” are for most, a magically unique time of year, filled with holiday carols, reunions, displays of colorful lights, love, and affection, often expressed through gift giving.
For the better part of 2020, we have all been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the stresses brought on by racial tensions, and the political dramas of the 2020 election. Now, we have to make hard decisions on whether to gather with our loved ones for the holidays, or continue to socially distance from them until we get the all clear.