5 Holiday Mental Health Challenges (E260)

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If you love the holidays, then I’m happy for you, but many of us don’t. If the holidays make you feel tired, jealous, stressed, and resentful, then you came to the right place. In this episode I’ll discuss different mental health challenges that may be coming up for you and I’ll weave in survey data on stress and mental health during the holiday season. We’ll cover things like social media comparison, invisible labor, pressure to be perfect, feeling overlooked, and being around drinking more than usual.

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Gillian Tietz. 5 Holiday Mental Health Challenges (E260). Sober Powered. 2024

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Sources

1. Caron Treatment Centers. The holidays increase mental health challenges. 2015

2. Parsons, CA. et al. Influencing emotion: social anxiety and comparisons on Instagram. Emotion. 2021

3. Aubry, R. et al. Depressive symptoms and upward social comparisons during Instagram use: A vicious circle. Personality and Individual Differences. 2024