8 Ways to Avoid Depression This Holiday Season
By The HealthCentral Editorial Team

If your expectations are low, raise them

If your expectations are low, raise them

Many people aim too high in their expectations for the holidays, but others may be tempted to set their expectations too low. If your father usually argues with everyone at the dinner table about politics and makes the rest of the family uncomfortable, he may do it again this year. But he may not.

Give everyone the benefit of the doubt, including yourself. There's no reason why this holiday season can't be the one that's different, a pleasure instead of a pain.

By The HealthCentral Editorial Team— Last Modified: 04/03/2012, First Published: 11/04/2011