We have come up with three great ways to cope with being alone at Christmas. First, you’re free to address your mental state and how it is contributing to your loneliness. One way to practice gratitude is to write down three things you are grateful for on this day. Maybe you already feel grateful, but you are plagued by negative thoughts and feelings. You may begrievingover your losses or wondering why you don’t have better social connections....

fizkes/iStock/Getty Images Plus If youre feeling lost, you may feel disconnected from everything around you. You may wonderwhat the point of life isand what you should do next. It can feel like your life has no purpose, direction, or movement. fizkes/iStock/Getty Images Plus This feeling can be confusing and frustrating, and you may wonder what to do with it. If youre feeling this way, dont worry, everyone feels lost from time to time....

One minute, you are talking, and everything seems fine, and then they are just…gone. You suddenly find yourself left on read. Your texts, phone calls, and DMs go unanswered. Verywell Mind / Getty Images You might even be shocked to find they’ve blocked you altogether. You’re left wondering, WTH happened? The mental health effects of being on the receiving end of these actions can be very challenging. At a Glance Being ghosted sucks, but it’s increasingly common in today’s dating culture....

They’ve obviously moved on, so why does it still hurt so much? It’s normal to feel down. It can be hurtful to hear about your ex moving on, even if you have already begun dating. Fizkes / Getty Images Learning the news can affect you emotionally, sotake a deep breath. You might feel a range of reactions.Rejection? Yup, you’ve got them all. And that’s totally understandable. After all, you had hopes for a relationship that didnt work out....

Geber86 / Getty Images Relationships can be challenging even when all parties involved are completely healthy. Open conversations about your own needs and concerns are essential. Let your partner choose what personal information theywant to disclose. Geber86 / Getty Images Asking someone endless questions about their health may feel invasive. Use their answers to discern if this is a relationship that you would be up for or not. Dating someone with a chronic illness can come with challenges that you should recognize and address....

Verywell / Alison Czinkota People change. People take longer to find themselves. Life will always throw you curveballs you never saw coming. Verywell / Alison Czinkota It’s a lot to unpack. This is a delicate and complicated situation but you will get through it. So-called “signs” like how your spouse talks, walks, dresses, or looks arenotindications ofsexual orientation. Nor are sexual preferences, including oral and anal sex. If your partner isn’t ready to talk about it, accept that truth....

Compulsive lying can also be more of a reflex, where a person lies without even realizing it. Have you ever had the feeling that someone youre talking to is not telling the truth? Or that what theyre saying doesnt match up with the facts? Skynesher / Getty Images Over time, have you caught this person in multiplelies, some small, and others big? If so, you may wonder if the person could be a pathological liar....

This sense of foreshortened future is a reaction that can occur following trauma. It is considered an avoidance symptom ofpost-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) related to negative expectations about the future. This article discusses the symptoms and causes of a sense of foreshortened future. PhotoAlto / Odilon Dimier / Getty Images It also covers coping with this symptom and when you should seek help from a professional. This symptom can be challenging to cope with and may lead to isolation,hopelessness, helplessness, anddepression....

Verywell / Nez Riaz Hardly a day passes without some form of racial injustice making news headlines. You dont have to be a news junkie or an avid social media user to encounter these distressing headlines. But that doesnt mean they want to constantly ponder racial injustice or know exactly how to deal with it. Verywell / Nez Riaz Particularly, a socially conscious Black American is likely to share your upset feelings....

Virojt Changyencham/Moment/Getty Having to undergo surgery can be frightening and the recovery process can be painful. It can be a difficult experience for just about anyone. In fact, a 2016 study notes thatdepressionis a frequent complication of surgery that can affect the persons recovery. Virojt Changyencham/Moment/Getty This can be emotionally confusing for patients and their loved ones. Ghoneim MM, O’Hara MW.Depression and postoperative complications: an overview.BMC Surg. 2016;16:5. doi:10.1186/s12893-016-0120-y National Institute of Mental Health....

They might manifest differently from each other. Medication, therapy, and lifestyle changes can all help us cope. Fight now becomes anger, flight is anxiety, and freeze is depression. Lambert And Young / DigitalVision / Getty Both conditions can cause irritability,fatigue, trouble sleeping and difficulty focusing. However, they both developed at the same time, and she was diagnosed with both simultaneously. However, depression came first originally, something she puts down to entering adulthood....

When a heavy drinker quits drinking, their brain must adjust to the chemical damage that alcohol has caused. This process can last for weeks, months, sometimes even years. Symptoms of PAWS include dizziness, slow reflexes, and problems with balance and coordination. Thomas Barwick / Getty Images Symptoms Dry drunk syndrome doesn’t happen overnight. Instead, the following symptoms can develop slowly over time, especially during the first year of recovery. Coping With Dry Drunk Syndrome Recovery from an alcohol use disorder means more than quitting alcohol....

Thisphobiais often seen in a person who has been in a serious or near-fatal accident in the past. Do I Have Dystychiphobia? Like all phobias, dystychiphobia varies widely from person to person. Adam Gault / Getty Images Some people are afraid only of industrial accidents, others of transportation-related crashes. Some feel only a mild case of nerves, while others are virtually paralyzed by their fear. These can include feeling out of control and intenseanxiety....