We often focus on the fun and excitement of the holiday season but for many, this time of year is a real emotional struggle. Dr. Molly O'Shea joins CBS News Detroit to discuss how to cope with sadness during the holidays.
On the flip side, maybe you don't have family or friends to celebrate the holidays with. Isolation can lead to feelings of loneliness, depression, and grief at a time of year that has so much emphasis on being with family members. Financial Stress The holiday season is a time when financ...
Be realistic.The holidays don’t have to be perfect or just like last year. As families change and grow, traditions and rituals often change as well. Choose a few to hold on to, and be open to creating new ones. For example, if your adult children can’t come to your house, find ...
"A lot of people feel like they're supposed to be happy during the holidays. Everyone around them is telling them they're supposed to be happy, and yet inside they don't," Dr. Steve Koh, a geriatric psychiatrist at the University of California San Diego and chair of the American Psychi...
Give yourself time to grieve The holidays are a time that champions joy. And that can be particularly challenging when you feel, well, pretty rotten. Giving yourself permission to feel sad is important in validating the difficult emotions you'll be (understandably!) feeling during this time. ...
holidays again, I would probably just have cried. Even though I probably would have preferred yelling at you. But TIME and the GRACE of GOD have done there healing work. I am looking forward to the Holidays again this year. God does answer prayer. Even if it seems like He is silent an...
While the holidays are meant to be a happy time of the year, they can be especially hard for people who struggle with addiction. On this week’s episode of In Focus, host Mike Kallmeyer talks with state and Columbus city leaders to see what needs to be done to save ...
"Condoms just rip sometimes, man. Or they fall off or you forget to put them on when you’re being stupid. The last thing you want is to be in the middle of a field thinking 'oh my god' when you’ve had an accident, so I bring a morning-after pill with me." Ella adds that...
In time, this proactive approach helped me to start feeling good about myself and build my self-confidence. When you think about the holidays and feel an impending sense of loneliness and dread, try to think of it this way: Coping with this year’s holidays could be the stepping-stones...
Every year,as the summer holidays approach,many people within the international community leave China and move on to new pastures.This means that many of us have recently said goodbye to close friends or are in the process of doing so.Here are some helpful tips on how to cope with fare...