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Formostofusthepurposeoftheholidaysistobringpeaceloveandgoodwilltowardsall．Yetformanytheholidayseasonoftenmeansstressfatiguepressuredisappointmentandloneliness．

Thesefeelingsoftenknownasthe“holidayblues”maybeevenmoreprevalentduetotheemotionalturmoil(波折)ofthepastfewmonthsnottomentiontheunsteadyeconomy．Expertssayeventhemoreritualtasksofshoppingdecoratinglate-nightpartiescookingplanningandfamilyreunionscanbeholidaystressors．InadditionthepsychologicalphenomenonknownasseasonalaffectivedisorderorSADmaybringaspecifictypeofdepressionrelatedtowinter’sshorterdaysandlongernights．

“Certainlyjustbecauseit’stheholidaysdoesn’tmeanpeoplearegoingtobehappy”saysDr．DougJacobsofHarvardUniversity．“Andthiswillbeaparticularlyhardholidayforsomewhoaredealingwithalostjobdebtorevenalostlovedone．”

Andwithfamilyreunionsbecominglessfrequenteventsovertheyearsthereisnowtheaddedpressureofgettingjustonechancetogetitallright．“Familiesaremuchmoredifferentnow．Thedisappointmentandsenseofalienationthatoftenresultsfromfamilygatheringsisactuallyarealizationthatthefantasyisnotmet．”saysJohnStutesmanaclinicalpsychologistatNorthwesternMemorialHospitalinChicago．

Stillsayexpertsthebluesshouldbeaddressed．ThemostessentialstepsaysStutesmanisfortheindividualtoacknowledgetheirfeelingsandthereasonfortheirwithdrawal．“Denialwillonlycompoundthestressthey’refeeling．”Stutesmanrecommendspeopledothingsthatarenormallycomfortinginordertogetahandleontheholidaystress．“Ifthey’refeelingalittlebluetheyshouldtrytodothingspersonallysatisfyingforthem．Maybethisisexercisecookingreadingabookormassage．”Stutesmanalsoadvisesthatsometimes“avoidanceisactuallynotsuchabadidea．”Insomesituationsfulfillingsocialobligationsmaybeself-destructivewhenthebestthingmaybetojuststayhome．Thehealthychoicehastodowithtakingcar