Topics: Holidays
Stressed At Christmas? You’re Not Alone
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The theme of this year’s Christmas card? Stress, debt, binge drinking and drug use… There’s no mistaking the holiday spirit! The Salford Drug and Alcohol Action Team in Manchester is mailing out 90,000 Christmas cards to local families this year…warning them against common seasonal dangers like drug abuse and depression. Stressbusting’s own seasonal sentiments are better summed up in our article about “Six Ways to Bust Stress In Christmas and the New Year.”
A Christmas-Induced Stress News Round-Up
Stress-busting Christmas cards sent to 90000 homes
Manchester.com, UK -
Families in west Manchester are being sent Christmas cards to help tackle festive stress, it has emerged. The Salford Drug and Alcohol Action Team has …
Release the Stress this Christmas
Canada Free
We should have a happy Christmas, not a stress filled one. This time of year is truly a time to relax, not fret. A time to calm down and step back
from the …
How to avoid the stress of Christmas past
The Age, Australia
… might lead to an uncomfortable disclosure and discussions better avoided during the holidays. Instead, Fine suggests something broader like,
“Bring me up to …
Welcome: Frenzied anticipation causes stress, so focus on …
Lexington
Somehow it always does get done, so I am trying to relax and think of the real meaning of the Christmas season. I always put peace on earth at the top of my
…
Twelve looks ’til Christmas
Guardian Unlimited, UK -
The stress of Christmas has been quadrupled this year by the discovery, which sent shockwaves all the way from London W11 to NW1, that Ocado do not stock …
HolidayShopping Stress: Difficult Gifts
AllHipHop
The holidays are meant to create good spirits,
happiness, and togetherness – not to produce worry, stress,
and embarrassment. So take note, because when it …
Christmas: A Pain in the Neck. Official
Allmediascotland, UK
‘ We all need to recognise how Christmas
stress can make us vulnerable. The extra demands to get the right
present, prepare the perfect festive meal and …
Stop Santa stress Can’t find that perfect gift for your teenager
…
Aurora Beacon News, IL -Twas 10 days before Christmas, and all through your head: “What to get your teen that they truly won’t dread?” If
this is you, there is no need to fret. …
12 steps to stress less at Christmas
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Dec 11, 2007
Ms Clements people can become plagued with the problems associated with stress before Christmas, which include not sleeping well, headaches
and digestive …
Secondopinion.org Addresses Depression, Mental Health and Anxiety … PR.com
(press release)
‘It’s That Time Of Year Again’
Evening Bulletin, PA
We watch the endless Christmas movies, specials and even TV commercials, and it paints an unrealistic picture of the holidays. …
Stress takes away from true spirit of Christmas
The Free Lance-Star, VA - Dec 12, 2007
All of this is not what makes me hate Christmas, but rather what Christmas has become. It seems that the only people who get excited about the
holidays …
Winter activities can stress heart
Worthington Daily
Globe, MN
The American Heart Association also reports that cardiac deaths peak during Christmas and on New Year’s Day, mainly because people delay treatment. …
Keep Holiday Stress In Check By Practicing Easy Techniques
Medical
News Today (press release), UK - 9 hours ago
The holidays are a time of busy activity and excitement, but for
many, the merriment also can lead to an increased amount of stress,
according to Bruce …
Celebrate a debt-free Christmas
BP News, TN - Dec 12, 2007
But, too often after the holidays have passed,
parents have to work overtime, taking time away from their children,
just to pay for accumulated Christmas …
Holiday heart attacks
WCBD-TV, SC
Besides the obvious stress of the holidays, the doctor says
there may be an even bigger reason why so many people end up here
over Christmas and New Year’s. …
Develop A Stress-Free Holiday Plan that Includes Time to Enjoy the
…
PR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria
To combat stress during the holidays the
recommendation is to take time to relax and enjoy the season. The
Napa Valley’s Calistoga Oasis Spa has developed …
Doctors: Talk Therapy Newest Hope for Treating One Physical Side …
PR
Newswire (press release), NY - Dec 13, 2007
According to research firm Wirthlin Worldwide, 43 percent of women ages 18 to
34 reported an increase in stress during the holidays,
while 37 percent of men …
Battle holiday stress by eating the right foods
Globe and Mail, Canada - Dec 12, 2007
Between balancing work deadlines, family obligations, holiday parties and Christmas shopping, the festive season is hardly relaxing. …
