JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 For some \u2013 the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year.<\/p>\n
However, for others, it can be very stressful.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIn general, about 20% of people typically have distress throughout the year. But there is generally an uptick over the holidays,\u201d Psychologist Dr. Justin D\u2019Arienzo<\/b><\/a> said.<\/p>\n The latest American Psychiatric Association Healthy Minds poll<\/b><\/a> found that Americans are more anxious about the holidays this year than last year. <\/p>\n Specifically, the poll found that 41% of U.S. adults say they anticipate more holiday stress this year compared to 28% of U.S. adults in 2024. <\/p>\n RELATED: <\/b>Jacksonville law firm Farah & Farah to provide free safe rides this New Year\u2019s Eve<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n It also found that younger U.S. adults are more likely to be stressed out than older U.S. adults.<\/p>\n D\u2019Arienzo said there are several factors that can contribute to this. <\/p>\n \u201cIncreased drinking, people are out of their routines, there are forced social obligations and there\u2019s lots of financial pressure to shop and buy people things,\u201d D\u2019Arienzo said.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n D\u2019Arienzo said there are some warning signs of holiday stress and depression that people should look out for.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen people withdraw, when they start speaking in terms of hopelessness or they start giving things away. But really the biggest red flag is withdrawal,\u201d D\u2019Arienzo said. <\/p>\n No matter where you\u2019re going for the holidays, D\u2019Arienzo says the best thing people can do is be there for each other. <\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n \u201cTo reach out to that person and build a bridge over the holidays. That\u2019s really the greatest gift you can give to someone,\u201d D\u2019Arienzo said.<\/p>\n The APA poll also said that this year more people are likely to say that the holidays have a positive impact on their mental health compared to the past couple of years. <\/p>\n When we asked D\u2019Arienzo about that finding, he said that what he\u2019s found is that despite how stressful the holidays can be, some people say the stress is worth it. <\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 For some \u2013 the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year. However, for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":469346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,213325,7323,3188,723,7324,7310,7327,7325,7326,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":{"0":"post-469345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-american-psychiatric-association-healthy-minds-poll","11":"tag-cbs47","12":"tag-fl","13":"tag-florida","14":"tag-fox30","15":"tag-jacksonville","16":"tag-jacksonville-fl","17":"tag-northeast-florida","18":"tag-southeast-georgia","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-wfox","26":"tag-wjax"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115776128721949604","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}