Seasonal Affective Disorder Support Group
Seasonal affective disorder, also known as S.A.D., winter depression or the winter blues is an affective, or mood, disorder. Most SAD sufferers experience normal mental health throughout most of the year, but experience depressive symptoms in the winter or summer. The condition in the summer is often referred to as Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder. Seasonal mood...
I am from Canada, but I live in Denmark for study purposes. It is hard to live so far away from my immediate family, but I am coping. I have asked my parents for a light box for my birthday, but they have told me to check the Danish website like eBay, which of course didn't have any. I am also to ask me aunt who lives here to see if any of her friends have one... I don't think they will... Another issue is that I would like to go talk to someone, physiotherapist of psychotherapist, but they are extremely expensive over here. I don't want to take medication - I have this unknown hate for drugs...So, it seems I won't have a great rest of the season... hopefully I will be able to find all these affordably during the summer to prepare myself for next year.
Remember to keep up with exercise and make the most of any natural sunlight (one study found exercise had a similar amount of benefit compared with light boxes).
Stay strong, spring is not far away