“Winter is coming.” Who doesn’t like these powerful words from the famous HBO series? All summer we’ve been chanting these words and now that winter’s here in Britain, it brings with it the most dreaded Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Lack of sunlight and the dreary weather trigger this disorder. What is SAD? SAD is a depression that is caused by long and harsh … [Read more...]
5 Everyday Changes that Can Beat Your Seasonal Mood Disorder
An engineer suffering from depression in winter thought that it was the low sunlight that caused the dip in his mood. He mentioned his theory to personnel at a psychiatric institute who tried non-natural light in an experimental treatment. This led to seasonal mood disorder first being described by scientists. Today doctors will nearly always first prescribe drugs that work on … [Read more...]