90. Coping with Seasonal Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder, Part 1

Are you ready for a lil chat about season depression? A li'l seasonal depresh? 

 

Highlights in this episode: 

• What is seasonal depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.)?

• About Dr. Norman Rosenthal, the scientist to give this a name

• Contributing factors 

• Why only certain people get seasonal depression and which factors make it worse

• How to cope with mindset and feelings

• How to cope with supplements

• How to be supportive of friends who experience seasonal depression

• The benefits of natural light and artificial "happy lights"

 

Part 2 is all about the role of vitamin D. There are some surprising factors and fixing seasonal depression is NOT as simple as "just take some vitamin D". That's why it's getting its own episode. 

 

Resources in this episode: 

https://www.normanrosenthal.com 

https://www.psychiatria-danubina.com/UserDocsImages/pdf/dnb_vol28_no1/dnb_vol28_no1_25.pdf 

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/seasonal-affective-disorder 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4673349/ 

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.4.656?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed& 

 

Happy lights recommended by Dr. Rosenthal:

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