Winter Blues: Fighting Winter Depression
Seasonal Affective Disorder is a yearly dose of depressing moments at the same season every year. The most common
type of seasonal depression is winter depression. It is not as simple as just feeling the blues; it is actually a
complex condition that needs medical intervention as soon as possible.
Walking Into Winter Depression
The causes of winter depression can’t be pinpointed, however, it is believed that the amount of light during winter
is responsible for making you feel depressed. Just like you become gloomy when it is a rainy day, that’s how winter
depression works. The difference is that winter is a long period of time compared to a single rainy day.
Feelings of sadness, depression, lethargy and cravings for sleep are usually experienced when you have winter
depression. Medication and light treatments are used to treat winter depression. However, there are also ways that
you yourself can battle out those depressing winter blues.
Go Get a Great Tan
One way to rid off lessen depression during winter is by getting a tan. Light therapy is used to treat winter
depression, but this can sometimes be inaccessible or may be too expensive. If this is the case with you, why not
go to a tanning salon. The light exposure you get there in a few sessions is a good substitute for light therapy
and, as an added bonus, you will come out looking better because you will have a glowing tan!
Go Somewhere New
You can forget those depressing emotions by making yourself busy in planning and going to a new place. It can be a
long vacation for the whole winter or even just a short day trip to a place that you haven’t gone to before. The
idea is just to get out of the dark house and away from your gloomy thoughts for awhile.
You can also opt to skip having a white Christmas and go somewhere where the sun is shinning brightly everyday,
like the tropics. In this way, you are sure that you get enough sunlight plus you also get to experience a
different kind of Christmas!
Talking To Others
Try calling up or visiting family members or friends that you haven’t seen for a while. Talking with them about old
times and catching up can be a refreshing break from your blues and can lift up your mood.
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