Being Thankful - HealthyPlace Newsletter

HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter

Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:

• What Do You Have to Be Thankful For?
• Share Your Mental Health Experience
• "Staying Sober Through the Holidays" On HealthyPlace TV
• "Extreme Fear: Friend or Foe" on HealthyPlace Radio
• From HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

What Do You Have To Be Thankful For?

The holiday season is upon us and like many publications and websites, we have our share of "how to survive" articles:

• Surviving the Holidays With An Eating Disorder
• How to Survive the Winter Blues (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
• How to Enjoy Christmas With Your Kids
• How to Nurture Your Soul During the Holidays

I agree that it's important to think about how to cope with the challenges the holidays may pose, but what I want to recommend is that you don't focus strictly on the negatives. I liked Angela McClanahan's blog post on Finding Gratitude. It had an optimistic tone to it.

HealthyPlace Medical Director and psychiatrist, Harry Croft MD, told me that reflecting on positive things and feeling grateful for them creates a better mood and more optimistic state of mind.

So I want to suggest that for a few minutes each day, think for a second about the millions of people who are not blessed with what you have, or are simply in a worse condition than you. You'll find the answer to the question: "What do I have to be thankful for?"

Mental Health Experiences

Share your thoughts/experiences on "things you're grateful for" or any mental health subject, or respond to other people's audio posts, by calling our toll-free number (1-888-883-8045).

You can listen to what other people are saying by clicking on the gray title bars inside the widgets located on the "Sharing Your Mental Health Experiences" homepage, the HealthyPlace homepage, and the HealthyPlace Support Network homepage.

If you have any questions, write us at: info AT healthyplace.com

Staying Sober Through the Holidays On HealthyPlace TV

Rachael Brownell is an alcoholic who attends AA meetings daily and has been sober for 3 years. Yet, she still worries about the temptations the holiday season presents. The author of "Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore" discusses the difficulty of maintaining sobriety and her tips for staying sober during the holidays. That's on this week's HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show. (TV Show blog)

Still to Come in December on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show

• The Realities of Sexual Addiction
• Recovering from a Drinking Relapse

If you would like to be a guest on the show or share your personal story in writing or via video, please write us at: producer AT healthyplace.com

For all previous HealthyPlace Mental Health TV archived shows.

Extreme Fear: Friend or Foe on HealthyPlace Radio

Fear is a mysterious force. It sabotages our ability to think clearly and can drive us to blind panic, yet it can also give us superhuman speed, strength, and powers of perception. Jeff Wise, author of "Extreme Fear: The Science of Your Mind in Danger" discusses the science of fear and how the simple model of "fight or flight" is now being replaced with a more scientific understanding. Listen to the HealthyPlace Mental Health Radio Show.

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From HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

Your comments and observations are welcomed.

• Bipolar Treatment Changes: I'm Scared of Getting Worse (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
• It's Not Enough! Mismanaged Meds (and a Bottle of Rum.) (Treating Anxiety Blog)
• Love Me, Love My Kid: Stepfamilies and Mentally Ill Children (Pt 2) (Life with Bob: A Parenting Blog)
• 2 Techniques for Dialoguing with Alter Personalities (Dissociative Living blog)
• Managing Holiday Stress (The Unlocked Life Blog)
• Video: Eating Disorders and the Anxiety Monster Revisited (Surviving ED Blog)
• It's A Wonderful Life, Not A Perfect Life (More Than Borderline blog)
• Sleep Problems and Bipolar Disorder or Depression (Work and Bipolar or Depression blog)
• The Unlocked Life Video: Being Thankful and Keeping Things in Perspective
• Video: Play Dates and Mentally Ill Children
• Maybe I'm Not Lazy: Maybe I'm Just Ill.
• Depression Isn't a Chemical Imbalance
• Eating Disorders and the Anxiety Monster
• Why Is It So Hard to Ask for Help With My Mental Health?
• Diary of a Newly Diagnosed Dissociative Part 1: Confusion
• Finding Gratitude

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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We know it's the start of the holiday season and all of us here at HealthyPlace wish you a peaceful one.

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