18/12/2025
Many people assume the holidays are always joyful, but the truth is that ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ถ๐
๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น โ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ,โ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐, ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
If you notice yourself feeling sad, exhausted, or disconnected during this time, know that what youโre experiencing is valid. The holiday blues are real, and you are not alone in feeling this way.
โ๐๐โ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด. โจ
๐Allow yourself to ๐๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป, ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ when needed.
๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐.
๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐โlike resting, journaling, or spending time in quiet momentsโcan make a big difference.
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.๐
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Prepared by: ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐. ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐จ
โReferences:
โAmerican Psychiatric Association. (2022). ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/seven-ways-to-cope-with-holiday-stress
American Psychological Association. (2009, December). ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2009/12/holiday-blues
Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. (2022). ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด. https://ppimhs.org/newspost/holiday-blues-2022/
R4 Public Health Training Center. (2025). ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด: ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. https://r4phtc.org/the-holiday-blues-a-public-health-perspective/
SilverCloud Health. (2022).๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด. https://silvercloud.amwell.com/uk/blog/the-holiday-blues-symptoms-and-how-to-cope