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How do you keep from feeling depressed during the hoildays?

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Posted on Dec 28th, 2007 by Siona : Synchronicity Coordinator Siona
Sometimes the holidays can feel lonely, exhausting, or stressful. How do you cope with these occassional periods of bleakness?
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Well I know if I...

Posted on Jan 6th, 2008 by Robin

Well I know if I start to feel depressed I try to stay active.  I usually write, read, talk to friends, clean up my room getting rid of unessicary things.  I think deep inside myself... More »

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I don't try to. If...

Posted on Jan 4th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

I don't try to. If I notice I'm feeling depressed, lonely, exhausted, stressed or bleak, I stop what I'm doing and say, "Ah, it's you, my friend." Then I go back to doing what I... More »

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Since my husband is gone...

Posted on Jan 4th, 2008 by Vimpis : Lover not a fighter, but will raise my fist if I must. Vimpis

Since my husband is gone I have increased feelings of depression. The way that I keep from feeling sad is I keep busy. I go and visit family and this year I went motorcycle riding... More »

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There was a time when the...

Posted on Jan 2nd, 2008 by Sigung Hikari : I Am . . . Sigung Hikari

There was a time when the holidays would be a time that I felt lonely, or stressed.  At some point I just made a decision that I wanted to feel better and with that statement and... More »

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i don't and christmas has...

Posted on Jan 2nd, 2008 by trailrat : TREEHUGGING DAD trailrat

i don't and christmas has lost it's joy for me

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I spend time thinking and...

Posted on Jan 2nd, 2008 by Wingsearching : Wingsearching Wingsearching

I spend time thinking and doing things for others. When that fails I tickle torture my daughter which makes her giggle and that make me laugh.

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I canno remember being depressed...

Posted on Dec 31st, 2007 by Dwon : Only the Answers Dwon

I canno remember being depressed during the holidays but I do not really know why i chalk it up to God's grace

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SWIMMING!!...An exhilarating joy and experience of...

Posted on Dec 31st, 2007 by jagadish : swimmer jagadish

SWIMMING!!...An exhilarating joy and experience of achievement.There's nothing to beat the experience of moving along with the whispering wind, the murmuring of water against your body and the rush of water splash alround.It's a sense of... More »

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i think on the pisitive...

Posted on Dec 29th, 2007 by whitney

i think on the pisitive side of the days

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I zone out.  Read NYTimes...

Posted on Dec 29th, 2007 by Red : Demander of Excellence Red

I zone out.  Read NYTimes article, do a Sudoku st ack of puzzles, watch Jurassic Park (or Alien III, IV, and I in that order, it seems).  I write a journalized form of what's bothering... More »

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