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While your mind may cook up excuses, it is a fact that any kind of exercise, even walking for a short while will make you feel better, and will increase your heart rate. It is even better with friends, at the gym, with music on.

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Four simple steps to beating the holiday blues

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Yes, It's O.K. to Be Sad During the Holidays

Sometimes the holiday spirit just passes us by, and that's perfectly normal. All I want for Christmas is a nap. The more I try to get into the holiday spirit - you know, the way everyone else seems to be - the sadder and more anxious I become.

nytimes.com

Depression During Holidays

Holidays are supposed to be a happy time, but many people feel sadness due to heightened expectations, family rifts and comparison with others.

FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)

Our cause of sadness is often related to the fact that we compare our lives with the lives o the people we follow and that seem to be having loads of fun on social media

Try to avoid social media during holidays and during mandatory social gatherings. Also, avoid gatherings that drain your energy.

Creating Your Happiness

Negative emotions can sap us from the inside. Create your happiness by observing and learning from your negativity by using self-awareness

Brighten your day by being generous, providing funds to the needy, holiday gifting to the poor, or doing some volunteer work.

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Good mental health isn't about being happy all the time

"No one sits down [for therapy] and says, 'Are you happy?'" says Candice Ferguson, who is running for a Colorado state representative seat. "They say, 'Are you sad? Are you depressed? Are you whatever.' But no one tries [to] say that you're going to be happy during your treatments, or once they've sent you on your way."

vox.com

Depression as Chronic Sadness

Depression and mental illness are long associated with being sad and mentally ill people and those fighting mental disorders are judged by the misleading emotional states like happiness, which have...

Using Therapy

Many people believe therapy is something you need when you are not satisfied, happy or content with life.

Mental illnesses go far beyond being happy or sad, and many people that don't think they need therapy may, in fact, be in acute need of it.

Happy Pills

It’s a myth that mental health and happiness mean the same thing.
Happiness is just another emotional state, like sadness.
Depression is portrayed as not being happy, which is untrue.
The pill-popping generations label anti-depressant pills as Happy Pills, which is also misleading.

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Got the Springtime Blues? You're Not the Only One

From spring break to spring cleaning, most of us associate springtime with an upbeat, energized feeling. Yet that experience isn't universally shared. Among people who are seriously depressed, suicide rates tend to peak in the spring. This peak has been well documented in countries across the globe.

psychologytoday.com

Spring blues

Spring is the time when you least expect to be feeling down, and the contrast between how you’re feeling and what you believe those around you are experiencing can be demoralizing.

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