(Richard Gawel/ Healio) — Despite the holiday cheer, this time of year can trigger anxiety, depression and other mental health issues — and men and women experience them differently, according to Phyllis Mogielski-Watson, MS, PsyD.
“In part, it’s the expectations we put on ourselves or the stereotypes we see, even in media, of what happy families are supposed to look like and what celebrations might be,” Watson, a primary therapist at All Points North Lodge, a mental health treatment center in Edwards, Colorado, told Healio.
For example, 46% of women in a recent survey by All Points North Lodge said they become depressed when other people seem happier or when they start comparing themselves to other people, compared with 37% of men. (…)