Southwest Counseling Associates

For most people, the winter holiday season is the most beautiful time of the year and it is inevitable to feel that post holiday blues once it is over. The thought of having to return to work and the everyday life does not bring too much happiness. Here is what you need to do to get through this difficult time: 1. The spirit of holidays must not disappear once they are over During the holidays, we try to be better. We tend to smile more often, be jolly and recreate the best version of us. Unfortunately, with the end of the holiday season, this will disappear. How would it be if we would try to keep, as much as possible, the holiday spirit alive? 2. Remember the beautiful moments Nothing will sweeten a Monday more than a remembrance of the beautiful moments spent with your loved ones, during the holidays. Talk about this with friends and colleagues, and the laughter and enthusiasm will quickly drive away depression. 3. Spend time outdoors Because of lack of exposure...

This is a relative question and different people will give different answers. Happiness is subjective and depends on so many things, so you cannot associate it with specific months or seasons. Certainly, changing weather and seasons do affect our mood, but seasonal mood changes do not necessarily have to do with happiness. Negative manifestations may include lack of energy, loss of interest for your favorite activities, lust for carbohydrates and changes in your sleeping schedule: either you have trouble sleeping, or you want to sleep more than usual. Natural light has turned out to be an important factor in these mood swings. The circadian clock is closely related to our mood, being as an internal timer of the body; it tells us when to feel sleepy, when to wake up and plays an important role in many other functions of our body, such as hormonal release, temperature regulation and metabolism. When we are exposed to less natural light, some of these processes are dist...