Depression at Christmas Time
Depression, money or health worries, family tensions, loneliness or isolation don't simply vanish because it's Christmas. In fact, these stresses can be worse at this time of year. There are tactics you can use to cope.
On this page:
- Some tips for coping at Christmas
- Useful downloads
- Helplines open over the festive period
- Contact us
- Other pages you may find helpful
Some tips for coping at Christmas
Trigger |
Possible Solutions |
| Feeling depressed or low at Christmas |
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Too much alcohol |
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Lack of money |
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Difficult relatives |
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Dreading going back to work or recently lost your job |
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Generally find the festive season difficult? |
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Don’t have family close by / feeling lonely or isolated? |
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Useful Downloads
Christmas factsheet Helplines open over the Festive Period
- Breathing Space 0800 83 85 87 (open 6pm to 2am week days and 24 hours a day at weekends)
http://www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk- Samaritans 0845 790 90 90 (open 24 hours a day)
http://www.samaritans.org- Saneline 0845 767 8000 (open 6pm to 11pm daily)
http://www.sane.org.ukIf things are really bad, visit our crisis page for more information and additional sources of support
Contact us
You can contact us on 0845 123 23 20 (open 11am - 1pm and 2 - 4pm) or you can email us at info@dascot.org.
We'll be here to offer support until 1pm on Christmas Eve but we will be closed between Christmas and the New Year, opening again on January 4th 2010 at 2pm. There's a list of Helplines open over the festive period above.