{"id":82,"date":"2011-12-22T17:50:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T17:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rememberme-gifts.com\/blog\/?p=82"},"modified":"2014-07-07T23:04:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T23:04:39","slug":"are-you-stressed-or-depressed-this-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/are-you-stressed-or-depressed-this-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Stressed or Depressed this Holiday Season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rememberme-gifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/christmas-memories.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83\" title=\"christmas memories\" src=\"http:\/\/rememberme-gifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/christmas-memories.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>OK, take a deep breath and a moment to help yourself find a way to deal with the stress, and sometimes depression, that will hit you during the next few days. \u00a0Our Christmastime mentality puts us in high gear to have the Norman Rockwell family get-togethers with all the trimmings!<\/p>\n<p>We set ourselves up for disappointment with such expectations! \u00a0Years ago, I read an article that touched on this subject. \u00a0I can sum up what I learned from this article in one sentence: \u00a0Instead of trying to realize all of your expectations, just look for that moment or two that you can carry in your heart for years to come. \u00a0I actually have practiced this philosophy for many years. \u00a0I have a memory full of these moments!<\/p>\n<p>We tend to miss what we don&#8217;t have. \u00a0Unfortunately, we all are missing someone on Christmas. \u00a0Many of us yearn for the presence of that special person who has passed away. \u00a0I know I do. \u00a0Sometimes, it seems impossible to get past this feeling. \u00a0But, you can try&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Our memories are the most priceless gift that we possess. \u00a0Take a moment to open up this gift and allow the memories to bring you comfort. \u00a0Talk about them&#8230; chances are, others will treasure them as much as you do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, take a deep breath and a moment to help yourself find a way to deal with the stress, and sometimes depression, that will hit you during the next few days. \u00a0Our Christmastime mentality puts us in high gear to have the Norman Rockwell family get-togethers with all the trimmings! We set ourselves up for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[44,40,41,43,42],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","placeholder-for-hentry","category-during-christmas","tag-comfort","tag-gifts-2","tag-gifts-of-hope-and-inspiration","tag-memorial","tag-memories"],"psp_head":"<title>Are You Stressed or Depressed this Holiday Season? \u2013 www.RememberMeGiftBoutique.com<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Avoid depression and stress during the holiday season.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/are-you-stressed-or-depressed-this-holiday-season\/\" \/>\r\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remembermegiftboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}