Holidays and the Depressed

    Its the holidays, and the effort it takes to climb out of the bed in the morning is equivalent to the effort of pushing an elephant across the continent of Africa. Sure this is the time to be grateful for everything, but there are chemicals in the brain that  won't allow those kind of happy thoughts.
    Once, out of bed, and out doing the daily activities, putting on a face, hoping no one will notice. Those miserable feelings, the urge to cry, it's all bottled up inside. There you wish you knew what it was like to be happy.

     If you fight depression, don't let it take the holidays too. Here are a few tips.

• List a favorite Christmas song.

• List what YOU love about this time of year: focus on that and forget about everything else. It doesn't even have to be festive; it's your holiday do what you love!
• If you can't have a fantastic holiday, make it one for someone else. You can volunteer, spend time with someone who usually alone,  or make sure your little brother has the most magical holiday yet. 

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• Exercise, especially if you are depressed chances are you aren't participating in the healthiest dietary plans, how could you with all this comfort food around just waiting for a victim to drown the sorrow into it. While that might work for a little while, exercise makes endorphins, and endorphins make you happy! It's just  that simple

• Doll yourself up! That's right, put on that make up, curl that hair. Its hard not to smile when you feel pretty!