The holiday season often inspires feelings of warmth, joy, and belongingness unconditionally. But for some people that don’t have anybody, this time of year can evoke feelings of loneliness, stress and anxiety. It can be very natural to feel lonely, demotivating and can make us feel stressed and anxious during holidays. Know here how to cope with stress and anxiety that a holiday brings in.

1. B E T T E R L Y F . C O M
Coping with
Anxiety that a
Holiday Brings In

2. The holiday season often inspires feelings of
warmth, joy, and belongingness unconditionally. But
for some people, this time of year can evoke
feelings of loneliness, stress and anxiety.
Here are a ways to cope with anxiety that a holiday
brings in –

3. 1. Don’t let others define FUN
for you
-Fun is not only about having party outside, it
can also be a night alone, a deep conversation
or a walk. Fun is how you feel comfortable in
it.

4. 2. Forget about perfectionism.
-No matter how perfect life appears on social
media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and
Instagram, everyone has to deal with
heartache, rejection, pain, and loss in life
some day.

5. 3. Fantasy of a Picture Perfect
Holiday.
-Hoping for a picture-perfect holiday would be
like setting oneself up for disappointment, de-
motivation, feelings of worthlessness and
inadequacy. So you need to just relax and feel
comfortable even without pictires that's what
a true holiday is.

6. 4. Being Grateful
-“Realize that the holidays do end ― so stock
up whatever you can be grateful for,” says
Sichel.

7. 5. Focus on the process, not on
the outcome.

8. 6. Be OK with mistakes and
failure.
-Do not get demotivated if plans go wrong or
fail. Looking at our failure with a new
perspective is the best way to overcome it.

9. 7. Too much to do, too little time
- It is important to do some decluttering in
life, that is, eliminating some of the less
important stuff to save some time from
yourself.

10. 8. Not taking things too
seriously.
- Rather than spending all the time planning
and expecting things to go as per our plans
and being disappointed that they didn’t, let
plans be Theoretical and have fun with the
Practical.

11. 9. Be Present
- Presenting and living in the moment—
focusing on what is happening at this very
minute—can save us from the anxiety.

12. 10. Showing oneself some
heartfelt compassion.
- Be grateful. Building oneself up instead of
putting oneself down. We have to Stop
judging ourselves.

13. You Deserve to be Happy!
It can be very natural to feel lonely and that we don’t have
anybody. Here is our time to pamper ourselves, watch a movie
or a movie marathon, we always wanted to watch, draw, paint,
dance, sing, go for a long drive to nowhere in particular.
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