Feeling SAD: Beating Seasonal Affective Disorder
Many people get the winter blues as the year moves into autumn and winter, but for some, this cold and dark period is reflected in their feelings. For these people, winter is not just a time for battening down the hatches, eating warming food and dressing to fight off the cold; it is a time when misery overcomes them, when a depression falls upon them so overwhelming and encompassing that even the smallest of tasks is made difficult.
This is Seasonal Affective Disorder, most commonly known as SAD.
A form of depression, SAD comes around at certain times of the year, and disappears at others.
This guide provides an explanation of what SAD is, how it manifests itself, and how you can attempt to cure yourself of the disorder through natural means and medication.
But as we are all subject to moods at one time or another, the methods suggested in this book can be applied to anyone who feels they need cheering up during the winter months. From diet and exercise through to lightboxes and CBT, various methods are put forward and their efficacy examined.
Don't suffer with SAD. Banish the winter blues and beat Seasonal Affective Disorder.
