“If the darkening evenings and turning leaves induce a mild sense of dread in you every year, you’re not alone.” Up to nine percent of the population may experience SAD; some of the symptoms include feeling disinterested in things you usually enjoy, changes to your sleep and mood. This helpful article from TED provides information about SAD, outlining how it makes one feel and how it can be managed and includes a link to a Ted Talk on the same subject.
Here’s why you get gloomy in the winter – and what you can do about it
Seasonal Affective Disorder can get many of us down in the darker months — but there are some simple things you can do to get your body’s rhythms back on track, from psychologist and SAD researcher Kathryn Roecklein, and circadian rhythm researcher Emily Manoogian.
