The winter holiday season can offer its own special kinds of stressors: conflicts at family get togethers, darker weather, loneliness, juggling holiday events, grieving those you’ve lost, pressures to create a picture perfect holiday, traveling during busy times of the year, and worries about finances while having more expenses. All while still managing the weariness and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What can you do to manage some of these holiday stress inducers? At the EAP, our counselors have compiled a few of their favorite resources on acknowledging these stressors and supporting you and yours during the 2021 and 2022 winter holidays:
Maintaining Mental Health During the Holiday Season (and a Pandemic)
Holidays, COVID-19 and Addiction Recovery
Recognizing Holiday Triggers of Trauma
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Celebrating an Imperfect Holiday
12 Tips for Dealing with Holiday Depression
5 Things To Do When The Holidays Aren’t Exactly Uplifting
10 Ways to Cope with Holiday Stress
Spending the Holidays Alone? 8 Coping Strategies
The EAP office will be closed from December 24, 2021 to January 3, 2022. If you need crisis counseling during this time, please call the 24/7 phone line for staff and faculty at 512-471-3399.