Showing posts with label season affective disorder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label season affective disorder. Show all posts

Monday, November 22, 2010

Refuse to be SAD

Hey, all J
As winter is coming along, I noticed (and surely you did too) that the colors all around the city are getting darker and duller. Girls, guys, men and women slip into their fall/winter clothes, mainly dark colors, brown, black, and grey. Why is this?

            Researching and asking friends and relatives of their opinion on this issue, I came along with the term “Season Affective Disorder”. SAD comes along in mid fall, lasts all winter long, and gradually goes away in spring. Without getting into much detail, I will only add that the symptoms for SAD are stress and depression, increased need for sleep, lack of energy, and constant craving for snacks and sweets. Sadly, all of these are usually accompanied by weight gain.