In just a few days our already short days will seem even shorter. Eastern Daylight Time will revert to Eastern Standard Time, and it will be dark at 5:30pm. Are you ready?
SAD- Seasonal Affective Disorder- is defined by Wikipedia as "... also known as winter depression or winter blues, is a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms in the winter."
I am a poster child for SAD. I don't like dark; I don't like being indoors; I don't like desk work. From somewhere in September on I start to calculate the shorter and shorter outdoor evening time. I try to take comfort in cooler weather, or clearer skies, or hints of fall color. But that doesn't really work. After all, how can I enjoy any of that when it gets dark so darn early!
Part of the symptoms include worrying and feeling less than hopeful about the future.
Yeah, I know it's gonna be darker earlier tomorrow!
Wikipedia goes on to explain potential treatments, which include "...bright light therapy, medication, ionized-air administration, cognitive-behavioral therapy and carefully timed supplementation[citation needed] of the hormone melatonin."
Uh, huh....so how does that help anyone living in the real world?
Instead of just worrying about it, this year I am going to try to meet it head on, and fight back. I am making a list of things that I like about winter. I'm getting started here. Please, help me add to the list.
PRACTICAL THINGS THAT LIGHTEN SAD
Daphne odora
-Homemade Onion Soup on a cold rainy day
Winter Light
-Young Winter Vegetable Garden on a cold rainy day
Hellebores
- Time for Pilates Class
fall colors (Lindera angustifolia)
- Fires in the Fireplace
Colorful Conifers in the Cold
-Time for Reading
That's the first 10.
ADD to my list. Let's see if it helps.
Post an idea on the comments section. Let's see if we can get 50 things we like about winter.
Let's lighten the SAD burden.
Once we get to 50, then I'll tell you what the absolute, true 100% reliable cure is.
Let's go!
Daphne odora -Homemade Onion Soup on a cold rainy day
Winter Light -Young Winter Vegetable Garden on a cold rainy day
Hellebores - Time for Pilates Class
fall colors (Lindera angustifolia)- Fires in the Fireplace
Colorful Conifers in the Cold-Time for Reading
That's the first 10.
ADD to my list. Let's see if it helps.
Post an idea on the comments section. Let's see if we can get 50 things we like about winter.
Let's lighten the SAD burden.
Once we get to 50, then I'll tell you what the absolute, true 100% reliable cure is.
Let's go!
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