Holiday stress assumes alarming proportion due to many factors

Holidays stress is becoming a subject matter of discussion and nevertheless there are some controversies to it. There are two basic reasons for holiday stress. They are monetary aspects and the burden to exert more than what is usually required during the working days.

The findings of a research conducted by Canadian Mental Health care association in collaboration with Desjardins Financial Security were concerned on this apart from other relevant areas like anxiety and depression.

The chief executive officer of the aforesaid medical body Glenn Thompson acknowledged that the first and last month of every year led to lots of stress. Similarly he also pointed out that this study has been instrumental in categorizing these issues also reveled that such an attempt has never been made by anyone. Similarly it is also understood that this research was conducted among the patients and family members across Canada.

Similarly it has also been pointed out that there are several other factors in this connection. They include added social pressure, financial stress, raised holiday expectations, an increased feeling of loneliness and increased family interaction. Apart from all this there is one more important issue to be taken into consideration. It needs to be understood that this can prove to be a biggest hurdle among others. This is about the commercialization of winter holidays.

One must bear in mind the fact that it is very important to seek remedies out of this. However many people do not do it. The concept of holiday stress is yet to be understood by many people. As a matter of fact not many believe in it. They think that this is not an issue at all. This is no true especially with reference to the present context. Actually this was true quiet a long while ago. This was the case when people did not give much importance to holidays. These won't apply if people think of holiday just as a leisure activity. Similarly people were never bothered about all this until now. However holidays are no more seen as a leisure activity. They are a tool to unwind stress. So they attach lots of importance and as a result lots of stress occurs.