@@flyingfin5303?? So, You're actually happy there or you need to make real connections of help where you will be better, in order to help you make the betterness move in reality..
I offer this to you, but I am however trapped, financially. Though those that win find logic energy/motivation of reality with proper checks ticked to walk to the better place_Change needs proper preparations but make it fun and include God _ My notion is good but I'm weak, or cowardly, logically, and, kindly. *Protected. I need to realise strength in better, kindness and proper God real assisted logic_
For me, summer is depressing. I suffer through it and it affects me mentally and physically. Fall, Winter and Spring are what I look forward to - to get OUT of the hellish thing summer is.
Been dealing with it for 15-20 years. But I’ve always gotten depressed on even just a couple overcast or rainy days. Doesn’t take much! You would think by the age of 40 I would’ve moved to sunny California, but... nope. I’m a masochist I guess.
I live in Virginia and it’s been cloudy here the past 5 days. Not the slightest sunshine and I feel “dead” inside and have low energy and zero motivation. Thank you so much for the therapy and advice ❤️
Every year i get this and its a damn struggle. Extremely tough to do simple things. I just have this feeling of being a zombie, unable to and no desire to do anything. No control over it.
Grew up in NJ, lived there for 23 years. Suffered SAD every winter. Moved to San Diego in 2000 and never had this problem. Now I'm in North Carolina and its February......hence why I'm here....viewing this video.
Been doing light therapy for one week now and it def helps with mood and more energy. I’m doing about half hour per day. Actually look forward to it now.
It doesn’t help that I experience this around my favorite holidays. Makes matters worse that my friends always decide to go be jerks around this time of year 🙁 I’m glad that there is videos like this out there to help people get through it
i've experienced undiagnosed SAD as far back as college! I only picked up on it because I started noticing trends in my mood and behavior where around the fall and winter times I notice lower levels of motivation, energy, and general disinterest in anything where I normally do just fine in the spring and summer months. A longtime friend of mine got me a therapy light back in the day and I have been using one ever since! it helps tremendously especially for those of us that have to wake up early for work. the intense light in the AM hours really does help jump start your body into action. It also helps during the evening hours when you get home from work as well!!
Thank you for this video. Needed it bad. Watching with my sun lamp blasting my face as I write this, haha! To everyone suffering from SAD + COVID lockdown blues... there’s a light at the end of the tunnel - hang in there!! And Happy Holidays
Spot on! Your videos are always so calm and comforting. I am seriously considering going back to my home country (Brazil) after dealing with SAD for so long here in Denmark... you made me feel better
I love your videos. Your manner of speaking and your voice are calming, and you seem more relatable and normal than the majority of what's on the tube.
You have such a soothing voice. Please consider doing a longer sleep video (sans advertisement) that can be played to help a person doze off. You'd have to find something really boring to read, so that the listener would want to tune out, and it may need to last about an hour. (Something out of an engineering textbook would do the trick for me!) I have a low voice like you. I've always felt like it didn't sound feminine, but many guys have complimented me on it, saying high-pitched voices get on their nerves. Hearing that made me feels so much better...
Hi, do you want to try our Therapy Lamp? Our lamp helps brighten up your office space and gives you a boost of energy when you're stuck indoors all day. We hope your delivery address is UK, I will send you the item for free.
@@farah7wu979 I live in the USA, and maybe your offer of the free therapy lamp is long past. But I would definitely appreciate the brand and type of light you were referring to. I am grateful for your assistance 🌟
I have dealt with SAD since I can remember. When the lockdown happened and I left the office, I thought that I should tell my colleagues how to live through it. My winters used to be like mini lockdowns. Not anymore. I use a lightbox, which helped me to get up in the morning and stay awake. But I was miserable. Antidepressants helped lift my mood. I also had a season of counseling, with mixed results.
I had a really bad case of SAD the winter I was living in Hungary - coming from Australia I was not prepared for the short days and lack of sunlight. Pitch black by 4pm in the afternoon - not normal.
I've not dealt with my emotions from as a boy due to my father coming home angry and annoyed from work and expressing himself so that us boys, I'm the eldest, *(protected), his sons, his children, (serotonin goodness), could hear and see him this way for this reason, affecting Me by making me feel internally agitated and then wanting to pitch in and help sort it but not realising real hearing opportunity and offering some help of understanding. (Yes, Circadian rhythm.)(Minding and alleviating mania)(Important Healthy personally relevant Socialisation ie Considering our condition due to affects) By Lord Thankyou for going to this trouble to researching and finding helpful points and subject areas to speak of to help us with this Seasonal affective (mood) disorder phenomenon and syndrome.
I have a small SAD lamp,used it for a few years , a small but perceptable improvement in mood . I found vitamin D supplement. October to march to be even more effective. not a cure but better is good .
i finally bought a heavy coat so I can walk after work like I do most of the year. Have a small light .....may try the bigger one. winter never used to bother me, but the older I get, it seems to get worse. I'm trying to convince my hubby to move to FL!
Hi, do you want to try our Therapy Lamp? Our lamp helps brighten up your office space and gives you a boost of energy when you're stuck indoors all day. We hope your delivery address is UK, I will send you the item for free.
Try living in arctic wasteland of northern Alberta, Canada where its 9 months of freezing arctic winter a year, where it snows as early as September and lasts as late as May and the temperature can drop below minus 40 degrees in the dead of winter.
Always look forward to your videos. That help regularly. I was making good progress than around early October started feeling it. I finally recognized it. My doctor has me on vitamin D to help as well as light therapy. One positive is that the cold helps ground me.
I have found being around people younger helps. I am 77 and work in a facility that is rather like a semi assisted living nursing home. I live in a senior apartment so if l am only around people aged mid 70s to late nineties there is not enough balance. 🙃 During the year of the mask l made contact with younger people texting.
Your video is treatment for winter blues by itself! You have such a lovely and relaxed and authentic presence with ease on camera. Also I'm researching how to enjoy my life more during winter and you are the first video on UA-cam that actually had something to say. Thank you and stay warm!
I prefer the cold shorter days in the winter. In the summers it's hot, uncomfortable and the days never seem to end. Expectations and needs from others are lower in the winter. Easier to find quiet time. Easier to sleep in the cold.
I have a Sunbox and it doesn't work. It's supposed to be 10,000 lumens top of the line lighting but it didn't help me last winter. So good luck with that everyone...
I’ve had this issue harder in past. I don’t mind the darkness of winter it’s the being stuck in my driveway for days because of snow and when the temperatures drop so low. I don’t like forced air it is so drying.
Yup SAD got the t shirt My husband put full spectrum lights in our kitchen and that ended the days of crying through the winter. Haha We live in Idaho, we get some bad inversions here. No sun for weeks on end. My Dr. put me on D. I was low We walk most of the winter. Layers lots of layers. Great video. Thank you for your time and energy to help me through...things
Doesnt work for me. Its also the cold that has an impact. For me its like staying inside the house with the lights on. Its still cold and dark outside and my body knows the difference.
Just a heads up regarding your sponsorship from BetterHelp: They pay the therapists so little, it's like a therapist sweat shop. That's why it's so affordable. Therapists overwork to earn a livable wage. Draw your own conclusions.
I worked in Elkhart Indiana. Meet Amish family they spoke Spanish. Made good friends, yes saw snow up to,6 feet. I remember, not working today. Snow. Now I know. Downey California
In shadows cast by judgment's light, Where whispers echo, dark and slight, There lies a soul, unseen, unknown, In realms where acceptance is overthrown. A heart that beats, yet feels the chill, Of eyes that scorn, and tongues that thrill, With words that wound, and deeds that maim, In the crucible of society's disdain. In corners dim, where silence reigns, A spirit weeps, its voice in chains, Yearning for a world where differences bloom, Where acceptance isn't just a distant gloom. For in the tapestry of humanity's embrace, There's beauty in each unique face, Yet fear and ignorance oftentimes decree, Who's worthy of love, and who's cast away free. But listen close to the unaccepted's cry, For within their pain, hope does lie, A beacon bright in the darkest night, Guiding us towards a realm of light. For in the embrace of empathy's grace, We find the strength to erase, The boundaries that divide and bind, And celebrate the richness of humankind. So let us stand, hand in hand, And weave a future where all can expand, Beyond the chains of prejudice and hate, Into a world where acceptance is our fate.
November to March. Just brutal. Consecutive days of clouds just play havoc with my thoughts. Ruminative and negative thinking are just more pervasive. It looks like it's back to Prozac or Zoloft now.
I’m 80% sure I have SAD But not the winter one Summer There’s nothing I can do Everything feels too much Because I’m in the southern hemisphere the schools I’ve been too all cut off once summer hits and I don’t live anywhere near any of my friends The heat is unbearable The pressure put on me to look after the house while my parents go to their new block up in some mountains hills an hour away while my brother works Night Shift after Night Shift and I have to look after the dog (I’m the upper end of schooling don’t worry) I just float through the day with no real motivation to do anything I want to go for a few jogs but I don’t have any energy the second I’m outside I constantly fret over my failures of the year (particularly now on New Year’s Eve) and can’t focus on what I need to do before the next year starts Bright light wouldn’t help me nor would Vitamin D because I get all of that I feel like shit through the day and even worse at night and I have a dog that needs two walks a day that are over an hour long each I have a brother that barely shows up and doesn’t understand how to run a house despite the fact he’s four years older than me And no matter how much I want to talk to my friends in calls or message them even the idea of a message back kills my social battery because fuck me you bitchy stupid universe I’m an introvert! On top of that today I had my only break down of this year The only one And it’s the last day of the year Fuck this I just want a break
Great video as always even though that I hate summer/sun/sand/sea etc! I feel the blues between May and September! I guess it's due to that I live in a country that we have sun 300 days a year! (Greece)
Also I've found a halogen heater can help a little for mood . It's worth a try they are quite cheap . Just lay in front of it while .its really bright and warm too like the sun .
The interesting thing is why many people do NOT suffer from SAD. Whatever the reason for that is, in any case, these people do not have a narrative of the awful winter time that they repeatedly tell themselves (and their surroundings) and for years. For what happens when you focus on one thing in your head and in your thoughts - it gets bigger. But it is of course more convenient to see winter depression primarily as something external such as lack of light than it is to see it as a result of destructive thought processes and inability to accept the various living conditions that belong to a human life.
So do you have SAD because you are missing something chemical in your body in the winter that others are not missing? Or do you have SAD because you have created a construction that winter and darkness are very heavy and depressing? I think that is also the interesting question.
The test must be whether you have reconciled yourself with your SAD and do not think further about it, or whether you rather overthink or otherwise ruminate over your discomfort about darkness and winter.
Is this why I can't get out of bed? LOL. Currently, I am currently unemployed and just finished school finals for graduated degree. I have become a hibernating bear. There is actually research that shows students do better grade-wise in the spring and not as well during the fall and winter months.
I has to click on this video. I’m the opposite of all this. I despise the heat and the summertime and get depressed and hide out in the AC. Ever since the weather has been cooling I’ve been out and about every evening for walks, doing yard work, going out etc. I love the fall and winter
Thanks for the videos. They are such hard work and time expensive. BTW: I am typing this by the light of my new light panel @ 5:20 a.m. (New user trying to treat anxiety and some serious sleep pattern dysfunction). We are heading into winter, so maybe another episode on light therapy, (or a reprise of the two former)? A sort of primer for the coming months? Your videos are among the best, and are certainly among the more accessable via your delivery. If you decide to create a companion for the previous two, can you walk us through some of the science in less distilled detail? Explain the proper timing/use of these devices daily, (when to use them or perhaps when not to), for optimal results, and the trajectory of results (days or weeks etc.). And what about the different colours of light? My lamp has varying hues as well as the full spectrum white. I have no idea what to do with coloured light so far. Thanks again. Hope you're well. Hope you're busy. And I hope you and your family are all as happy as your local bylaws permit. Cheers!
All year round I feel lethargic as soon as the weather is bad with a lot of dark grey clouds. No matter whether it is Winter or Summer. Just as well as getting up and going as soon as there is some blue skies with sun outside. I am not confined to Winter only. :(
Microdosing psilocybin and LSD rewires your brain. Sounds scary / dangerous / illegal, I know, but it’s been legalized in two locations in the US so far. And it isn’t a psychedelic experience; you take a sub-perceptual dose and you don’t feel “high” or anything like that. Over time, it actually rewires your brain; SSRIs do not. It’s been proven to essentially cure treatment-resistant depression. As for the SSRIs, to most people they’re only as effective as exercise, and if they work, they tend to work only for the first year or so. I’ve been on one for about 10 years, and I feel as miserable this year as I did before I started. The best I felt was when I was working out at the gym 3-4 times a week, for 5 years. When I canceled my membership, the depression and anxiety came back, even though I’m still taking the SSRI. Everyone is different, of course, but my experience is fairly typical.
I never enjoyed cold seasons as an adult, and SAD got worse after covid pandemic. I dislike winter so much, yeah the holidays make it just a bit better but after all the twinkling lights and the merry atmosphere are gone, until the end of March it's a dark tunnel of brain fog, drive, and deep lack of motivation. I'm a creative person, so my brain keeps coming up with cool ideas, but I cannot bring myself to just bring them to life... I cannot even bring myself to do a goddamn file backup. Every time someone asks me "What would you do if you'd become rich?" I always reply "I'd chase spring and summer around the globe all year round". What saves me is physical activity, hitting the gym, and going to circus school.
You can have depression and not know it. The seasonal depression doesn't make me sad. My symptoms are lower back pain, muscle aches, gas, and diarrhea.
Hi Emma! I'm Emma as well :) I've been looking at where to email you personally, but can't seem to find an email here or on your page. Thank you for these videos you do! They really help keep me grounded. I appreciate you very much 🙏🏻
I have gained a little I was down to like 172 or 173 now I’m like 176. I’m 5’3” I was 186 at one time but still. It was saying 176 last night but I weighed this morning and it said 172
I moved to a warmer climate. It has helped tremendously with the SAD.
Where did you move to? I am thinking to do the same
@@seanhu2136 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
My doctor said for me to do that in my 20s.im now 52 and still in Ontario, Canada. Looking for the right time to make my move!
@@flyingfin5303?? So, You're actually happy there or you need to make real connections of help where you will be better, in order to help you make the betterness move in reality..
I offer this to you,
but I am however trapped, financially.
Though those that win find logic energy/motivation of reality with proper checks ticked to walk to the better place_Change needs proper preparations but make it fun and include God _
My notion is good but I'm weak, or cowardly, logically, and, kindly. *Protected.
I need to realise strength in better, kindness and proper God real assisted logic_
The SAD mixed with covid lockdown has truly taken a toll on me. Motivation is zilch. Blechhhhh
❤
Snap . Hang in there .
I'm going through freezing temperatures, a divorce, and SAD. Wish me luck.
Me, too! This winter has been brutal for me.
@@camillabrandao_adshow about you stop feeling sorry for yourself, consider your divorce a happy thing
For me, summer is depressing. I suffer through it and it affects me mentally and physically. Fall, Winter and Spring are what I look forward to - to get OUT of the hellish thing summer is.
I relate to this. It was over 70 in the Midwest and I’m having a very rough go today.
I hate winter so much, I love Christmas but I hate every single day where it isn’t sunny and warm (which is most days here in the UK)
move to california haha .
@@Hshjshshjsj72727 As much as I do like the USA I would rather be cold than have to pay like 400 grand if I have to get emergency surgery
@@goodheavens1 I thought we have obamacare now ?
@@Hshjshshjsj72727 fair enough then
you can’t hate winter when someone greets and smiles at you like you do :) happy solstice!
I’ve never experienced SAD until this year. Thank you for covering this - makes me feel like I’m not the only one 😊
You are definitely not the only one! I suffer with it, too.
May also want to talk to your doctor about Wellbutrin as well.
This is has not been a normal year.
I've been dealing with it for about 10 years and you are certainly not alone!
Been dealing with it for 15-20 years. But I’ve always gotten depressed on even just a couple overcast or rainy days. Doesn’t take much! You would think by the age of 40 I would’ve moved to sunny California, but... nope. I’m a masochist I guess.
I live in Virginia and it’s been cloudy here the past 5 days. Not the slightest sunshine and I feel “dead” inside and have low energy and zero motivation. Thank you so much for the therapy and advice ❤️
Same, I’m in Old town Alexandria and I feel it too.
@@Elan2026 Oh that’s awesome! I used to live in the Woodbridge/Dale City area but live in Fredericksburg now :)
This is one of the first videos that actually made me sad
Every year i get this and its a damn struggle. Extremely tough to do simple things. I just have this feeling of being a zombie, unable to and no desire to do anything. No control over it.
I'm having same issue tell me solution plzz 😢
Grew up in NJ, lived there for 23 years. Suffered SAD every winter. Moved to San Diego in 2000 and never had this problem. Now I'm in North Carolina and its February......hence why I'm here....viewing this video.
I had no idea Light Therapy could affect serotonin levels. This video is a revelation. Thank you!
Been doing light therapy for one week now and it def helps with mood and more energy. I’m doing about half hour per day. Actually look forward to it now.
Where did you get the light?
I live in Alaska, and boy I never had SAD until I moved here
The two years I lived there the struggle was real. It was a challenge for sure!
@@stephie640 yeah I've been here, I guess this is my 5th winter and its getting better but it's still rough
I also lived in Alaska and those winter days were crazy, especially when I worked night shift. Never saw the sun.
Is it really night time for a month straight????
@@TwoGendersOnly not where I live, but in the arctic, way North in Barrow yes you get the polar night. We have about 4 hours of daylight where I live.
It doesn’t help that I experience this around my favorite holidays.
Makes matters worse that my friends always decide to go be jerks around this time of year 🙁 I’m glad that there is videos like this out there to help people get through it
never knew this is a thing i fucking hate winters don’t wanna get out of the bed and feel intrnse guilt of not completing my goals
i've experienced undiagnosed SAD as far back as college! I only picked up on it because I started noticing trends in my mood and behavior where around the fall and winter times I notice lower levels of motivation, energy, and general disinterest in anything where I normally do just fine in the spring and summer months. A longtime friend of mine got me a therapy light back in the day and I have been using one ever since! it helps tremendously especially for those of us that have to wake up early for work. the intense light in the AM hours really does help jump start your body into action. It also helps during the evening hours when you get home from work as well!!
Thank you for this video. Needed it bad. Watching with my sun lamp blasting my face as I write this, haha! To everyone suffering from SAD + COVID lockdown blues... there’s a light at the end of the tunnel - hang in there!! And Happy Holidays
Spot on! Your videos are always so calm and comforting. I am seriously considering going back to my home country (Brazil) after dealing with SAD for so long here in Denmark... you made me feel better
Finding your videos has literally been an answered prayer.
I have used light therapy for the last 20 years. My happy light is mounted on the wall by my bed and on a timer.
I love your videos. Your manner of speaking and your voice are calming, and you seem more relatable and normal than the majority of what's on the tube.
Thanks Linnaia
Educated is a great, unforgettable book - how interesting your mom knew Tara’s mom
You have such a soothing voice. Please consider doing a longer sleep video (sans advertisement) that can be played to help a person doze off. You'd have to find something really boring to read, so that the listener would want to tune out, and it may need to last about an hour. (Something out of an engineering textbook would do the trick for me!)
I have a low voice like you. I've always felt like it didn't sound feminine, but many guys have complimented me on it, saying high-pitched voices get on their nerves. Hearing that made me feels so much better...
I use a light box and it literally has saved my life , love your smile )).
Thank you for this!! Fom southern CA to South WA. It's been a very dark and lonely few years. You're channel has helped a lot.
Same, I’m from LA, & just moved to VA & really having a hard time especially rn. The weather is terrible 🥹
Thank you for posting this.
You make the world a better place 🙂
Thank you for helping me through the winter! I am planning on going for a walk outside this afternoon to get exercise and daylight.
Awesome
Hi, do you want to try our Therapy Lamp? Our lamp helps brighten up your office space and gives you a boost of energy when you're stuck indoors all day. We hope your delivery address is UK, I will send you the item for free.
@@farah7wu979 I live in the USA, and maybe your offer of the free therapy lamp is long past. But I would definitely appreciate the brand and type of light you were referring to. I am grateful for your assistance 🌟
I have to tell November always sucks for me! Now I have an answer
I have dealt with SAD since I can remember. When the lockdown happened and I left the office, I thought that I should tell my colleagues how to live through it. My winters used to be like mini lockdowns. Not anymore. I use a lightbox, which helped me to get up in the morning and stay awake. But I was miserable. Antidepressants helped lift my mood. I also had a season of counseling, with mixed results.
I sleep more. Love it.
yes! me too. specially this year.
I had a really bad case of SAD the winter I was living in Hungary - coming from Australia I was not prepared for the short days and lack of sunlight. Pitch black by 4pm in the afternoon - not normal.
It’s almost as bad here in NYC where I am. Sunset at 4:28, before the solstice.
I am so happy I found your channel.
Thank you for making all these videos, I really appreciate you. ❤️
I've not dealt with my emotions from as a boy due to my father coming home angry and annoyed from work and expressing himself so that us boys, I'm the eldest, *(protected), his sons, his children, (serotonin goodness), could hear and see him this way for this reason, affecting Me by making me feel internally agitated and then wanting to pitch in and help sort it but not realising real hearing opportunity and offering some help of understanding.
(Yes, Circadian rhythm.)(Minding and alleviating mania)(Important Healthy personally relevant Socialisation ie Considering our condition due to affects)
By Lord Thankyou for going to this trouble to researching and finding helpful points and subject areas to speak of to help us with this Seasonal affective (mood) disorder phenomenon and syndrome.
Here to learn about wife's SAD. Thanks for the info!
I have a small SAD lamp,used it for a few years , a small but perceptable improvement in mood . I found vitamin D supplement. October to march to be even more effective. not a cure but better is good .
i finally bought a heavy coat so I can walk after work like I do most of the year. Have a small light .....may try the bigger one. winter never used to bother me, but the older I get, it seems to get worse. I'm trying to convince my hubby to move to FL!
It hasn’t been cold enough yet for a heavy coat
I’m scared of very cold weather after having covid and double covid pneumonia in January 2021
Okay, she's convinced me. I'm going to dig up my lightbox and mount it on the wall somehow.
What a great, helpful video! I love your energy and presence 🤗 It's so warm and friendly 😊
"Morning in winter...which he no longer hates, for he knew it was merely the Spring asleep. "
'The Selfish Giant' by Oscar Wilde.
Yeah-I’ve got to do some work to appreciate winter-it’s just harder with kids! Cant get out as much
Yes. I have found positive thinking patterns are so helpful 😊
Could you do a video that covers some therapy/cbt techniques that could be used to address s.a.d? please and thanks
Hi, do you want to try our Therapy Lamp? Our lamp helps brighten up your office space and gives you a boost of energy when you're stuck indoors all day. We hope your delivery address is UK, I will send you the item for free.
@@farah7wu979 can u send me one please ?
@@deerheart87Sure, but we just accept UK address, if you so ,PLS contact me.
@@deerheart87 Of course dear, but we only accept UK addresses. If you so, can you give me your E-mail? I will send you our theraphy light pictures.
Try living in arctic wasteland of northern Alberta, Canada where its 9 months of freezing arctic winter a year, where it snows as early as September and lasts as late as May and the temperature can drop below minus 40 degrees in the dead of winter.
Literally sounds like purgatory
Thanks for this video, much love 💚👍🏼
You’re welcome!
Ok I’m gonna make some glasses that beam UV into my eyes all day and stay high performance all year
The camera quality is amazing!!!
Always look forward to your videos. That help regularly. I was making good progress than around early October started feeling it. I finally recognized it. My doctor has me on vitamin D to help as well as light therapy. One positive is that the cold helps ground me.
I have found being around people younger helps.
I am 77 and work in a facility that is rather like a semi assisted living nursing home.
I live in a senior apartment so if l am only around people aged mid 70s to late nineties there is not enough balance. 🙃
During the year of the mask l made contact with younger people texting.
Your video is treatment for winter blues by itself! You have such a lovely and relaxed and authentic presence with ease on camera. Also I'm researching how to enjoy my life more during winter and you are the first video on UA-cam that actually had something to say. Thank you and stay warm!
I prefer the cold shorter days in the winter. In the summers it's hot, uncomfortable and the days never seem to end. Expectations and needs from others are lower in the winter. Easier to find quiet time. Easier to sleep in the cold.
Sounds depressing
Winter is depressing and scary especially when it gets really cold
@@MelB868 just the opposite for me. Winter is comfort.
I have a Sunbox and it doesn't work. It's supposed to be 10,000 lumens top of the line lighting but it didn't help me last winter. So good luck with that everyone...
Than you for this, and for "de-dramatazing" uncomfortable symptoms. Merci from france :)
Can you do a vid on Homework Anxiety and Panic? I tend to get super anxious when I have to do homework and then often just put it off
Your voice is so soothing and your very attractive. These videos are so relaxing. Thank you!
Best video on this topic on the internet
I hate winter because there's no sun.. literally its just coldness then I look like a whole different person
U re such a powerful woman! I admire how u do this life
I’ve had this issue harder in past. I don’t mind the darkness of winter it’s the being stuck in my driveway for days because of snow and when the temperatures drop so low. I don’t like forced air it is so drying.
Very helpful, thank you!
Yup SAD got the t shirt
My husband put full spectrum lights in our kitchen and that ended the days of crying through the winter. Haha
We live in Idaho, we get some bad inversions here. No sun for weeks on end.
My Dr. put me on D. I was low
We walk most of the winter. Layers lots of layers.
Great video. Thank you for your time and energy to help me through...things
This was very helpful, thank you.
Amazing tips, thank you! And happy Solstice! :)
I love your view to channel our natural inherent patterns or symptoms during the seasons. Great ideas to try during this universe experience.
You are awesome! Thankyou for this info and your general calm and nurturing demeanor 😊 I’m struggling with some SAD up in Canada
Doesnt work for me. Its also the cold that has an impact. For me its like staying inside the house with the lights on. Its still cold and dark outside and my body knows the difference.
thank you for this !
Just a heads up regarding your sponsorship from BetterHelp: They pay the therapists so little, it's like a therapist sweat shop. That's why it's so affordable. Therapists overwork to earn a livable wage. Draw your own conclusions.
I live in a sunny place and I STILL get SAD because of these short days.
Yep!
I worked in Elkhart Indiana. Meet Amish family they spoke Spanish. Made good friends, yes saw snow up to,6 feet. I remember, not working today. Snow. Now I know. Downey California
Fantastic video as always really enjoyed it thank you very much how many people get to see you they are suffering from sad at the moment
In shadows cast by judgment's light,
Where whispers echo, dark and slight,
There lies a soul, unseen, unknown,
In realms where acceptance is overthrown.
A heart that beats, yet feels the chill,
Of eyes that scorn, and tongues that thrill,
With words that wound, and deeds that maim,
In the crucible of society's disdain.
In corners dim, where silence reigns,
A spirit weeps, its voice in chains,
Yearning for a world where differences bloom,
Where acceptance isn't just a distant gloom.
For in the tapestry of humanity's embrace,
There's beauty in each unique face,
Yet fear and ignorance oftentimes decree,
Who's worthy of love, and who's cast away free.
But listen close to the unaccepted's cry,
For within their pain, hope does lie,
A beacon bright in the darkest night,
Guiding us towards a realm of light.
For in the embrace of empathy's grace,
We find the strength to erase,
The boundaries that divide and bind,
And celebrate the richness of humankind.
So let us stand, hand in hand,
And weave a future where all can expand,
Beyond the chains of prejudice and hate,
Into a world where acceptance is our fate.
Thank you so much 🙏 You have beautiful and uplifting energy:) Love you 🧡
November to March. Just brutal. Consecutive days of clouds just play havoc with my thoughts. Ruminative and negative thinking are just more pervasive. It looks like it's back to Prozac or Zoloft now.
I’m 80% sure I have SAD
But not the winter one
Summer
There’s nothing I can do
Everything feels too much
Because I’m in the southern hemisphere the schools I’ve been too all cut off once summer hits and I don’t live anywhere near any of my friends
The heat is unbearable
The pressure put on me to look after the house while my parents go to their new block up in some mountains hills an hour away while my brother works Night Shift after Night Shift and I have to look after the dog (I’m the upper end of schooling don’t worry)
I just float through the day with no real motivation to do anything
I want to go for a few jogs but I don’t have any energy the second I’m outside
I constantly fret over my failures of the year (particularly now on New Year’s Eve) and can’t focus on what I need to do before the next year starts
Bright light wouldn’t help me nor would Vitamin D because I get all of that
I feel like shit through the day and even worse at night and I have a dog that needs two walks a day that are over an hour long each
I have a brother that barely shows up and doesn’t understand how to run a house despite the fact he’s four years older than me
And no matter how much I want to talk to my friends in calls or message them even the idea of a message back kills my social battery because fuck me you bitchy stupid universe I’m an introvert!
On top of that today I had my only break down of this year
The only one
And it’s the last day of the year
Fuck this
I just want a break
Great video as always even though that I hate summer/sun/sand/sea etc! I feel the blues between May and September! I guess it's due to that I live in a country that we have sun 300 days a year! (Greece)
I remember those parts in "Educated"- wow.
Also I've found a halogen heater can help a little for mood . It's worth a try they are quite cheap . Just lay in front of it while .its really bright and warm too like the sun .
I remember those winters in MI. I started business in 2000. Now I just leave in winter to FL.
The interesting thing is why many people do NOT suffer from SAD. Whatever the reason for that is, in any case, these people do not have a narrative of the awful winter time that they repeatedly tell themselves (and their surroundings) and for years. For what happens when you focus on one thing in your head and in your thoughts - it gets bigger. But it is of course more convenient to see winter depression primarily as something external such as lack of light than it is to see it as a result of destructive thought processes and inability to accept the various living conditions that belong to a human life.
So do you have SAD because you are missing something chemical in your body in the winter that others are not missing? Or do you have SAD because you have created a construction that winter and darkness are very heavy and depressing? I think that is also the interesting question.
The test must be whether you have reconciled yourself with your SAD and do not think further about it, or whether you rather overthink or otherwise ruminate over your discomfort about darkness and winter.
9 hours of light in the winter seems like a dream, we got 5 in sweden
Great video ❤
happy first day of winter
recently moved to washington and have been feeling more down lately, figured it's cause of the weather :(
Is this why I can't get out of bed? LOL. Currently, I am currently unemployed and just finished school finals for graduated degree. I have become a hibernating bear. There is actually research that shows students do better grade-wise in the spring and not as well during the fall and winter months.
I have the flip side. My anxiety and depression get so much worse in summer.
Same ugh I’m dreading it
Excellent information! What are your thoughts about using blue light boxes in this application?
glad im not alone
I has to click on this video. I’m the opposite of all this.
I despise the heat and the summertime and get depressed and hide out in the AC. Ever since the weather has been cooling I’ve been out and about every evening for walks, doing yard work, going out etc.
I love the fall and winter
You're so great! I wish I could be more like you 😊😊
I ll suggest you all, Sicily (Italy) a paradise on earth for spend life. Summer for 10 months in a year. #sicilia
Thanks for the videos. They are such hard work and time expensive. BTW: I am typing this by the light of my new light panel @ 5:20 a.m. (New user trying to treat anxiety and some serious sleep pattern dysfunction).
We are heading into winter, so maybe another episode on light therapy, (or a reprise of the two former)? A sort of primer for the coming months?
Your videos are among the best, and are certainly among the more accessable via your delivery. If you decide to create a companion for the previous two, can you walk us through some of the science in less distilled detail? Explain the proper timing/use of these devices daily, (when to use them or perhaps when not to), for optimal results, and the trajectory of results (days or weeks etc.). And what about the different colours of light? My lamp has varying hues as well as the full spectrum white. I have no idea what to do with coloured light so far.
Thanks again. Hope you're well. Hope you're busy. And I hope you and your family are all as happy as your local bylaws permit.
Cheers!
Holiday depression adds even more. What do you suggest when you are by yourself and no one else is available.
Where I live in Alaska its like 4 hours of daylight and it gets worse the more north
All year round I feel lethargic as soon as the weather is bad with a lot of dark grey clouds. No matter whether it is Winter or Summer. Just as well as getting up and going as soon as there is some blue skies with sun outside. I am not confined to Winter only. :(
I'm the same. Any little bit of cloud i am completely understand. I hate it. I need to live somewhere constantly sunny
I have a question:
Are antidepressants an avoidance or can they be additional therapy for rewiring our brain??
Microdosing psilocybin and LSD rewires your brain. Sounds scary / dangerous / illegal, I know, but it’s been legalized in two locations in the US so far. And it isn’t a psychedelic experience; you take a sub-perceptual dose and you don’t feel “high” or anything like that. Over time, it actually rewires your brain; SSRIs do not. It’s been proven to essentially cure treatment-resistant depression. As for the SSRIs, to most people they’re only as effective as exercise, and if they work, they tend to work only for the first year or so. I’ve been on one for about 10 years, and I feel as miserable this year as I did before I started. The best I felt was when I was working out at the gym 3-4 times a week, for 5 years. When I canceled my membership, the depression and anxiety came back, even though I’m still taking the SSRI. Everyone is different, of course, but my experience is fairly typical.
I never enjoyed cold seasons as an adult, and SAD got worse after covid pandemic. I dislike winter so much, yeah the holidays make it just a bit better but after all the twinkling lights and the merry atmosphere are gone, until the end of March it's a dark tunnel of brain fog, drive, and deep lack of motivation. I'm a creative person, so my brain keeps coming up with cool ideas, but I cannot bring myself to just bring them to life... I cannot even bring myself to do a goddamn file backup. Every time someone asks me "What would you do if you'd become rich?" I always reply "I'd chase spring and summer around the globe all year round". What saves me is physical activity, hitting the gym, and going to circus school.
Why is the introduction so long? Video stars at 2:20
You can have depression and not know it. The seasonal depression doesn't make me sad. My symptoms are lower back pain, muscle aches, gas, and diarrhea.
I have had to deal with SAD for as long as I can remember.
Hi Emma! I'm Emma as well :) I've been looking at where to email you personally, but can't seem to find an email here or on your page. Thank you for these videos you do! They really help keep me grounded. I appreciate you very much 🙏🏻
I have gained a little I was down to like 172 or 173 now I’m like 176. I’m 5’3” I was 186 at one time but still. It was saying 176 last night but I weighed this morning and it said 172
Thank you......