{"id":23766,"date":"2024-12-18T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23766"},"modified":"2024-12-18T09:00:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T14:00:20","slug":"tips-for-managing-stress-and-beating-the-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23766","title":{"rendered":"Tips for managing stress and beating the blues\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The holiday season, often celebrated as \u201cthe most wonderful time of the year,\u201d can also be one of the more stressful times of year. Holiday gift shopping, running errands, decorating, spending time with extended family and attending large social gatherings can be expensive, taxing and overwhelming.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/137124\/tips-for-managing-stress-and-beating-the-blues\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/137124\/tips-for-managing-stress-and-beating-the-blues\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) The holiday season, often celebrated as \u201cthe most wonderful time of the year,\u201d can also be one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[494,7],"tags":[1640,180,87,245],"class_list":["post-23766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ptsd","category-veterans-benefits","tag-managing-stress","tag-ptsd","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23767,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23766\/revisions\/23767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}