S.A.D.
Seasonal Affective Disorder
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
A lack of summer sunshine has meant an increase in reported cases of SAD
(BBC News)
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One way to combat SAD is simply to get outside and absorb as much sunlight as you can during the daylight hours.
(www.cnet.com)
(BBC News)
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One way to combat SAD is simply to get outside and absorb as much sunlight as you can during the daylight hours.
(www.cnet.com)
Did you
know?
SAD
acronym
- an abbreviation for seasonal affective disorder
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Someone once said, "I like these cold, grey winter days. Days like these let you enjoy a bad mood." Experiencing the winter blues used to be a normal condition, particularly for inhabitants of the northern hemisphere. Meanwhile, the modern world demands scientific explanations for everything. So instead of winter depression, we now suffer from seasonal affective disorder or SAD.
Lack of sunlight, short days, colder temperatures, fewer opportunities to socialise with fellow humans. All of these things can contribute to SAD. But while waiting for spring to come around, we can take heart in this romantic perspective on winter from the writer Minna Thomas Antrim:
Brew me a cup for a winter's night.
For the wind howls loud and the furies fight;
Spice it with love and stir it with care,
And I'll toast our bright eyes,
my sweetheart fair.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I have a bad case of SAD this winter."
acronym
- an abbreviation for seasonal affective disorder
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Someone once said, "I like these cold, grey winter days. Days like these let you enjoy a bad mood." Experiencing the winter blues used to be a normal condition, particularly for inhabitants of the northern hemisphere. Meanwhile, the modern world demands scientific explanations for everything. So instead of winter depression, we now suffer from seasonal affective disorder or SAD.
Lack of sunlight, short days, colder temperatures, fewer opportunities to socialise with fellow humans. All of these things can contribute to SAD. But while waiting for spring to come around, we can take heart in this romantic perspective on winter from the writer Minna Thomas Antrim:
Brew me a cup for a winter's night.
For the wind howls loud and the furies fight;
Spice it with love and stir it with care,
And I'll toast our bright eyes,
my sweetheart fair.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I have a bad case of SAD this winter."
