12 Things You Can Do Today to Get Ahead of Your Seasonal Depression

Have you ever felt sad and isolated during the winter months? Maybe all you want to do is sleep and you never want to make plans. You might even find it hard to do anything productive. If you relate to any of the above statements, you probably have “Seasonal affective Disorder”, better known as SAD. SAD is a depressive disorder limited mostly to the months in which there are more hours of darkness in a day than light. This lack of light affects mood, appetite, and energy in a variety of different ways. Why darkness has a substantial impact on these factors is still being studied, however, there are some proposed explanations that make sense. Many think that the lack of sunlight causes serotonin activity to be inhibited or lessened in some ways.
This disorder affects a large number of people during the fall and winter months. It affects some people that do not suffer from depression at any other time. While this can be stressful to think about, the best part of seasonal depression is that it is seasonal. Therefore, we know when it is coming. This allows us to come up with a plan of action ahead of time to prepare for this dreadful time of year...
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