Do you have the Holiday Blues ?

Feeling a little irritable, out of whack, in a funk, lethargic, maybe even a little depressed? Not to worry, do not be overly concerned you are probably just experiencing “Post Holidays Blues”. It is not uncommon, a lot people even so-called “normies”. Think about it, we dream about and worry about, what’s going to happen during the holidays. We tend to get emotionally charged for the holidays, seeing friends and family, some we haven’t seen in awhile. Especially so for those of us in recovery where in some instances we may be encountering those we still have unresolved issues with. Couple this along with the aspect that many of us have been spending days, weeks even months preparing for and/or thinking, fantasizing, dreaming of what this holiday was going to be like. Then wham before you can even breathe and take it all in, it’s over, and everybody is back to their daily routines, almost as if it never happened. Then there is in some cases the let down as the holidays never really lived up to the hype in your mind. And again in some cases the disappointments of the things that didn’t happen or the cases where things did not go so good.

So no matter what your situation is, here are a few pointers to help get you out of the funk. Always a good one, whenever feeling a little down. Write a gratitude list, I can hear the groans already , groan if you like it does work if you do it sincerely, start by writing down all the things you take for granted on a daily basis, i.e.; your sight, your mind, ability to think at least somewhat rationally, LOL, . Write down some of the good warm and fuzzy moments you got this Holiday season. Come on there must have been a couple, and relive for a minute and be thankful for them. Here’s one call some of your closest friends and have an “It’s Winter” Dinner and/or get together. Volunteer to help those in need, this one is good on many fronts, one it gets you out of yourself and active, two it’s a form of giving back, three this is the time the needy are most needy as after the holidays they are usually forgotten about by the general public for a few months. Choose a friend that you haven’t talked to in a long time and been meaning to call just haven’t gotten around to it, we’ll do it now. Another one with your friends or support system have a get together and a little prize for the worst piece of clothing received at Christmas. One more thing you might want to give a shot at- teach yourself new ways to pray and create your own prayer, most of us were never really taught how to pray, and we were taught easy to recite prayers, not how to pray from the heart. Sometimes we forget that prayer can be done anytime, anywhere, for any reason.
Remember God does not create garbage