Are You Feeling SAD? During the winter months we often hear people mention feeling “blue” or “down.” There are others that speak of SAD or Seasonal ...
Post-Winter Holidays: Hibernation or Depression? The holiday season is just about over. The presents are unwrapped. The relatives have left. The leftovers are almost gone. Some things went well. Some didn’t. There were moments of pleasure and joy and moments ...
Before Spring Has Sprung "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant."
—Anne Bradstreet, 1655
It's a rainy mid-January Wednesday in Boston. The sky is a blank sheet of gray. The air is chilled. In the Northeast, ...
Daylight Savings Time and Mental Health In the days that follow the twice-yearly "springing forward" or "falling back" of our clocks, you can count on lively coffee-break complaints about body clock confusion, taping the wrong show, or missed appointments.
For the ...
Beating the Holiday Blues Joy to the world! 'Tis the season to be jolly! Festive music fills the air; holiday cheer abounds. Everyone is happy at holiday time — right? Wrong. Truth be told, many people feel lonely, sad, ...
Not in the Holiday Mood? It Might Be the Blues It's that time of year again.
Multicolored lights twinkle across houses and front yards. Parents and squirming children form long lines to sit on a Santa look-alike's lap. Red and green decorations adorn every store window. ...
Shedding Light on Winter Depression Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November,
All the rest have thirty-one
Except for February—
Which has 258!
We extend our apologies to ...
Coming Out of the Mire There is a hard, dark, very murky lump that aches a bit in the middle of my chest. It is gray, but not the warm, gray of tree trunks or chickadees. It is a foreboding ...
Enjoying the Winter Holiday Season No matter what your faith or cultural background, as the holiday season approaches, you may notice, as many people do, that instead of feeling a sense of warm anticipation, you feel a sense of dread. ...
Seasonal Affective Disorder Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that typically occurs in the fall and winter, when days are shorter and provide less sunlight.
Depressive symptoms begin in the fall or winter and persist ...
Holiday Stress: A Resourceful Survivor’s Guide Here's your chance to enjoy a serene Christmas—or Ramadan or Kwanzaa or Hanukkah
The holidays are supposed to be joyous occasions marked by meaningful traditions, family connections, spiritual rejuvenation and just plain fun. Instead, for many ...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Seasonal Affective Disorder According to Dictionary.com—
Summer is “a period of fruition, fulfillment, happiness, or beauty.”
Winter is “a period of time characterized by coldness, misery, barrenness, or death.”
Well, that sums it up quite nicely, we think.
It is ...
