Overview
- Psychology associations across Spain, Argentina and Peru highlight anticipatory fatigue driven by invisible planning burdens, social expectations and the push to “finish the year.”
- WHO 2025 estimates that 5.7% of adults live with depression, and an APA analysis finds seasonal pressures can intensify symptoms by more than 70% for those affected.
- Experts emphasize that the household mental load is often unequally distributed, adding cognitive and emotional strain before celebrations begin.
- Clinicians urge attention to warning signs such as isolation, loss of interest, mood changes and disrupted sleep or appetite, recommending timely support.
- Economic strain heightens distress, and specialists advise scaling back costs with creative, low‑budget rituals, honoring losses with memory practices, using digital connection and leaning on community or clinical care.