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Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Spring and Summer
We want to have it all. We want to do it all. We’re (sun)burnt out.
Feeling anxious? Wondering how you can possibly do everything you want to accomplish? Going and going and going, and knowing that at some point you’re probably going to crash?
Yeah, me too.
When you’re trying to have it all, or even just trying to survive in capitalism, burnout is always a looming threat.
We have this idea that winter’s the tough season to get through, for our mental health, and we just need to survive the winter. The sun’ll come out tomorrow and all that.
But do longer days really translate to easy life and better mental health?
In winter, we expect our moods to drop.
Less sun in the winter means less vitamin D, and lower temperatures mean our immune systems aren’t as effective at fighting off colds. Seasonal Affective Disorder (with the apt acronym SAD) is real — and worth taking steps to fix. The National Institute of Mental Health recommends treatment with one or more of vitamin D, light therapy, psychotherapy, and medication.
But did you know SAD can strike in the warmer months as well?
