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Benefits of Thanksgiving on Mental Health

 

I love Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday, but it's not all about Aunt Sally's, upside-down double rubble pound cake, or Uncle Bob's potato salad. It's about the gratitude we feel, and it increases our happiness and reduces depression. Being thankful and expressing gratitude consistently, can be a positive impact on the important areas of your life, such as emotional well-being, physical health, and connectedness in relationships. Even in the process of cooking and baking your Thanksgiving dinner, you can find your sense of solace, it could be calming and distract you from everyday stressors and put you in that happy place, being grateful in that moment. Being thankful is a positive emotion and may help more in making meaningful connections with others, and reduce feelings of disconnectedness. Being thankful is just not designated for Thanksgiving, you can be thankful 365 days a year, being thankful for being alive, for friends and family, and just being thankful for things that went well in your life. Keeping a gratitude journal can be an effective way for cultivating gratitude, spending a little time each day just writing down what you are grateful for., doing so, you can begin to shift your perspective and can appreciate what you have by focusing on the positive aspects of your life. Expressing gratitude to others and yourself can strengthen your interpersonal bonds, be grateful to be you. Each day think of a few things that your are thankful for, visualize what's good in your life, and you will feel good about yourself and the world around you. Being thankful is about being grateful for what you have, the opportunities that have been given to you, and the loved ones in your life. So when you sit down at that supper table, and see Uncle Bob and Aunt Sally, just say thank you, and how grateful that your loved and supported and for the bountiful feast that lays before you. You will feel good about yourself and the world around you.

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