And, of course, Christmas doesn't help much. Memories keep coming back to me of times with my mom over the holidays. I'm hoping, and everyone keeps telling me, that I'll be feeling better this time next year. I hope so, I really do. The pain, emptiness, anger, sadness and overall suckiness of this whole thing is just awful.
Psychologists say the holidays make a bad case of the blues even worse.
Maybe you're like me and lost a relative or best friend or pet. And the holidays make it worse due to the stress to impress or be as happy as everyone else is acting, when inside you feel like crap. Having to suppress feelings, like anger, during the holidays or whenever can lead to feeling depressed. So first things first, she says. The National Mental Health Association says you should ask yourself whether you feel sad most of the time and it has lasted for several weeks.